MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.61,-94.06 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 957 403 22.3 21.6 96 0.7 21.8 145 10 299.1 302.3 296.5 349.5 17.25 2 950 469 22.5 21.6 94 0.9 21.9 149 17 300.0 303.2 296.8 350.9 17.35 3 900 940 22.3 19.0 81 3.4 20.0 174 28 304.5 307.4 296.8 350.9 15.54 4 850 1441 24.0 14.4 55 9.6 17.4 186 25 311.3 313.6 296.4 348.7 12.21 5 800 1970 21.6 11.3 52 10.3 14.7 203 27 314.1 316.2 296.0 346.9 10.55 6 750 2527 18.2 8.0 51 10.2 11.7 217 31 316.3 318.1 295.4 344.6 9.01 7 700 3114 13.6 5.5 58 8.1 8.7 225 35 317.6 319.1 295.1 343.3 8.14 8 650 3733 8.6 2.5 65 6.2 5.1 227 41 318.7 320.1 294.6 341.2 7.05 9 600 4391 4.4 -8.0 40 12.4 -1.4 228 45 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.7 3.50 10 550 5091 -2.1 -10.7 52 8.7 -5.8 229 42 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.8 3.07 11 500 5838 -9.2 -12.1 79 3.0 -10.4 232 39 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.9 3.01 12 450 6644 -15.1 -22.4 53 7.4 -17.1 227 42 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.2 1.40 13 400 7524 -20.8 -28.6 50 7.8 -22.5 227 41 328.0 328.1 292.0 331.2 0.90 14 350 8498 -27.8 -32.3 65 4.6 -28.5 238 43 331.3 331.5 292.8 334.0 0.73 15 300 9584 -36.8 -36.9 99 0.1 -36.8 242 33 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.6 0.54 16 250 10825 -45.0 -45.2 98 0.2 -45.0 243 18 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.27 17 200 12279 -56.7 -56.8 99 0.1 -56.7 285 41 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.09 18 150 14071 -60.8 -68.7 35 7.9 -61.0 257 14 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.02 19 100 16611 -58.6 -84.6 2 26.0 -59.0 249 3 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.68 m Freezing level: 566.14 mb = 4864.73 m = 15960.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.76 mb = 4244.66 m = 13925.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.57 mb = 482.19 m = 1581.97 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 19.09 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.85 mb = 2887.75 m = 9474.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.02 C = 104.04 F Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2163.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 382.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.51 mb = 1353.74 m = 4441.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.51 mb = 4207.75 m = 13804.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.51 mb = 13164.03 m = 43188.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2127.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 290.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.36 Bulk Rich Number: 18.79 Bulk Shear: 115.15 m/s