MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.39,-92.09 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 966 362 27.7 24.3 82 3.4 25.2 199 13 303.9 307.6 299.5 364.0 20.15 2 950 507 27.2 23.3 79 3.9 24.3 203 23 304.8 308.4 299.2 362.5 19.29 3 900 984 23.3 21.5 89 1.9 22.0 210 32 305.6 309.0 298.7 360.2 18.20 4 850 1483 21.1 16.6 76 4.5 17.9 233 31 308.2 310.9 296.8 351.0 14.13 5 800 2008 19.9 8.0 46 11.8 12.5 243 33 312.3 313.9 294.0 338.6 8.47 6 750 2561 16.9 5.7 48 11.2 10.1 237 36 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.0 7.69 7 700 3146 13.0 3.5 52 9.5 7.4 232 40 316.9 318.2 294.1 339.2 7.06 8 650 3764 8.2 1.9 64 6.3 4.6 227 38 318.3 319.6 294.3 339.8 6.77 9 600 4419 3.2 -4.2 58 7.4 -0.5 219 28 319.8 320.7 293.0 335.0 4.67 10 550 5118 -2.4 -10.2 55 7.7 -5.8 211 25 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.21 11 500 5866 -8.2 -12.5 71 4.3 -9.9 226 23 323.1 323.6 292.5 332.8 2.92 12 450 6675 -13.4 -19.0 63 5.6 -15.2 218 16 326.4 326.8 292.5 333.0 1.90 13 400 7562 -19.7 -25.2 62 5.5 -21.1 234 19 329.4 329.6 292.7 333.7 1.23 14 350 8539 -26.6 -29.5 77 2.9 -27.2 238 21 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.3 0.95 15 300 9631 -36.0 -37.0 91 1.0 -36.1 230 22 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.53 16 250 10868 -46.1 -47.1 90 1.0 -46.2 243 35 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.22 17 200 12321 -55.5 -61.2 49 5.7 -55.6 240 48 344.8 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.05 18 150 14117 -59.9 -72.1 19 12.1 -60.1 232 35 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.02 19 100 16642 -61.2 -84.1 3 22.8 -61.4 199 14 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.61 m Freezing level: 571.50 mb = 4817.44 m = 15805.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.98 mb = 4351.66 m = 14276.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.24 % Est. max temperature: 34.77 C = 94.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.36 mb = 796.25 m = 2612.35 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 25.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.19 mb = 2091.74 m = 6862.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.67 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -8.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3639.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.07 mb = 1209.49 m = 3968.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.07 mb = 3120.57 m = 10237.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.07 mb = 13633.70 m = 44729.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3629.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -22.2 tot: 138.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 208.47 Bulk Shear: 17.46 m/s