MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.47,-94.87 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 959 425 28.5 24.2 78 4.3 25.3 110 3 305.3 309.0 299.8 365.9 20.22 2 950 509 28.7 20.7 62 8.0 22.9 137 4 306.3 309.3 297.8 355.3 16.34 3 900 988 24.9 17.9 65 7.0 20.0 177 9 307.2 309.9 296.8 350.9 14.50 4 850 1487 21.1 14.6 66 6.6 16.7 189 9 308.3 310.6 295.7 345.7 12.35 5 800 2011 18.8 5.7 42 13.1 10.9 220 12 311.2 312.5 292.6 333.4 7.18 6 750 2561 15.1 3.2 45 11.9 8.2 237 15 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.1 6.43 7 700 3142 12.1 0.2 44 11.9 5.5 257 28 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.5 5.54 8 650 3757 6.7 -0.9 58 7.6 2.7 259 31 316.5 317.6 292.8 334.1 5.51 9 600 4408 1.3 -6.0 58 7.3 -2.1 273 31 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.08 10 550 5102 -3.5 -11.1 56 7.6 -6.7 271 39 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.98 11 500 5848 -9.3 -14.1 68 4.8 -11.1 265 46 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.2 2.56 12 450 6653 -15.1 -23.4 49 8.3 -17.3 264 36 324.3 324.5 291.4 328.8 1.29 13 400 7533 -20.9 -25.7 65 4.8 -22.1 268 33 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.0 1.18 14 350 8506 -28.0 -33.9 57 5.9 -29.0 265 32 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.62 15 300 9594 -36.2 -45.5 38 9.3 -37.0 259 36 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.22 16 250 10832 -46.1 -52.6 48 6.5 -46.4 251 41 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.12 17 200 12277 -57.6 -61.8 59 4.2 -57.7 258 48 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14071 -58.7 -74.8 11 16.1 -58.9 256 30 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16635 -58.6 -84.7 2 26.1 -59.0 260 12 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.61 m Freezing level: 586.73 mb = 4592.40 m = 15066.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.36 mb = 4110.66 m = 13486.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.78 C = 92.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.78 mb = 970.57 m = 3184.23 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 32.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.23 mb = 2479.04 m = 8133.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.48 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2623.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1803.20 m = 5915.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.46 mb = 3450.57 m = 11320.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.46 mb = 13128.81 m = 43073.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2597.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 170.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 25.74 Bulk Shear: 101.92 m/s