MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.87,-93.59 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 959 396 32.4 19.8 48 12.5 23.3 198 14 309.2 312.1 297.9 356.0 15.37 2 950 475 30.6 18.9 50 11.7 22.2 201 21 308.2 311.0 297.2 352.5 14.64 3 900 956 25.6 17.5 61 8.1 19.9 209 27 307.9 310.6 296.8 350.7 14.16 4 850 1456 21.1 16.3 74 4.7 17.8 217 26 308.2 310.8 296.7 350.2 13.88 5 800 1978 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.0 225 24 309.2 311.6 296.2 347.9 12.73 6 750 2527 15.1 8.0 63 7.1 10.6 233 26 312.9 314.6 294.5 340.8 9.00 7 700 3111 14.0 -0.2 38 14.2 6.2 227 39 318.0 319.1 293.2 335.4 5.41 8 650 3732 9.7 -2.8 41 12.5 3.1 219 47 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.5 4.79 9 600 4390 3.9 -4.3 55 8.1 -0.3 214 49 320.6 321.5 293.2 335.7 4.64 10 550 5089 -2.0 -6.8 70 4.8 -4.3 219 42 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.4 4.17 11 500 5839 -8.4 -12.0 75 3.6 -9.8 224 38 322.9 323.5 292.5 333.0 3.05 12 450 6646 -15.1 -16.2 91 1.1 -15.5 230 42 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.3 2.39 13 400 7527 -20.3 -28.9 46 8.7 -22.1 240 44 328.7 328.8 292.2 331.8 0.87 14 350 8503 -27.4 -33.8 54 6.5 -28.4 240 42 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.2 0.63 15 300 9592 -36.2 -42.9 50 6.7 -36.8 236 43 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.29 16 250 10830 -46.4 -54.6 39 8.1 -46.8 233 43 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12283 -54.3 -61.1 43 6.9 -54.4 193 45 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14081 -62.6 -70.0 36 7.4 -62.7 212 40 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 19 100 16622 -59.2 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.5 236 11 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.16 m Freezing level: 567.22 mb = 4848.29 m = 15906.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.02 mb = 4334.85 m = 14221.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.91 mb = 1979.33 m = 6493.80 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 20.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3162.97 m = 10377.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.23 C = 106.21 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2151.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.60 mb = 1982.63 m = 6504.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.60 mb = 4192.18 m = 13753.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.60 mb = 12783.85 m = 41941.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2150.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.5 neg: -5.8 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 70.94 Bulk Shear: 30.33 m/s