MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.45,-93.57 Latitude: 46.45 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 84 SFC 966 382 23.2 22.7 97 0.5 22.9 174 6 299.3 302.6 297.2 352.7 18.28 2 950 532 25.4 22.8 85 2.7 23.5 190 18 303.0 306.5 298.4 358.5 18.69 3 900 1007 22.7 20.6 88 2.0 21.2 202 17 304.8 308.0 298.0 356.4 17.23 4 850 1505 22.4 14.4 61 8.0 17.0 221 11 309.6 311.9 295.9 346.8 12.23 5 800 2034 22.6 -1.2 20 23.8 9.6 236 10 315.3 316.1 291.5 329.3 4.39 6 750 2590 18.5 -4.0 21 22.4 6.8 245 10 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.80 7 700 3175 13.5 -5.8 26 19.3 3.9 247 16 317.4 318.1 291.4 329.0 3.55 8 650 3792 8.3 -6.2 35 14.5 1.3 254 24 318.3 319.0 291.8 330.3 3.69 9 600 4447 2.5 -5.2 57 7.6 -1.3 269 27 319.0 319.8 292.5 333.0 4.34 10 550 5142 -3.2 -12.6 48 9.4 -7.0 282 32 320.2 320.8 291.4 329.0 2.63 11 500 5888 -9.6 -14.0 70 4.4 -11.3 287 36 321.3 321.8 291.7 329.9 2.59 12 450 6692 -15.2 -20.2 66 5.0 -16.7 293 25 324.1 324.4 291.7 329.9 1.70 13 400 7571 -21.4 -26.7 62 5.3 -22.6 289 21 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.0 1.07 14 350 8541 -28.7 -32.5 70 3.8 -29.3 290 23 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.7 0.71 15 300 9627 -36.5 -46.1 36 9.6 -37.3 275 19 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.20 16 250 10864 -46.1 -54.7 37 8.6 -46.4 270 21 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.09 17 200 12315 -55.8 -65.0 31 9.2 -56.0 255 33 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14110 -61.2 -73.0 20 11.7 -61.4 254 33 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16650 -58.8 -84.4 2 25.6 -59.1 250 11 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.21 m Freezing level: 578.44 mb = 4746.73 m = 15573.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.19 mb = 4110.63 m = 13486.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.72 % Est. max temperature: 37.16 C = 98.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.39 mb = 445.73 m = 1462.35 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 29.63 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2710.08 m = 8891.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.56 C = 105.00 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3206.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 266.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.60 mb = 1207.10 m = 3960.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.60 mb = 3607.51 m = 11835.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.60 mb = 13530.60 m = 44391.20 ft B at Equ Level: 3179.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 90.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 51.49 Bulk Shear: 62.27 m/s