MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-95 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 952 429 17.7 15.7 88 2.1 16.4 210 31 295.0 297.1 291.4 329.0 11.84 2 950 445 18.8 15.0 79 3.7 16.4 212 37 296.2 298.3 291.5 329.1 11.39 3 900 910 17.6 12.2 70 5.4 14.2 210 82 299.7 301.5 291.4 328.9 9.97 4 850 1400 17.7 8.7 56 9.0 12.1 206 100 304.7 306.2 291.6 329.7 8.32 5 800 1918 15.4 5.4 51 10.0 9.6 203 98 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.06 6 750 2464 13.1 2.8 49 10.4 7.3 201 91 310.8 312.0 291.7 330.1 6.23 7 700 3041 9.9 0.6 52 9.4 4.8 200 84 313.5 314.6 292.1 331.4 5.70 8 650 3655 6.7 -2.1 54 8.8 2.1 199 80 316.6 317.5 292.4 332.7 5.07 9 600 4309 2.9 -5.6 54 8.5 -1.2 196 80 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.2 4.21 10 550 5007 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.7 187 78 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.2 4.15 11 500 5756 -7.4 -10.6 78 3.2 -8.8 180 75 324.0 324.7 293.2 335.4 3.42 12 450 6571 -11.6 -16.3 68 4.7 -13.3 178 68 328.7 329.1 293.5 336.9 2.38 13 400 7465 -16.4 -21.8 63 5.4 -18.0 182 56 333.7 334.0 294.2 339.6 1.67 14 350 8456 -23.0 -26.2 75 3.2 -23.8 182 39 337.8 338.1 294.9 342.5 1.29 15 300 9566 -32.5 -34.6 81 2.1 -32.9 184 35 339.6 339.7 294.8 342.1 0.68 16 250 10821 -42.9 -44.3 86 1.4 -43.0 200 22 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.30 17 200 12285 -55.7 -56.4 92 0.7 -55.7 278 13 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.09 18 150 14059 -64.6 -66.7 74 2.2 -64.6 249 30 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.03 19 100 16629 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 214 14 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.41 m Freezing level: 574.82 mb = 4660.46 m = 15290.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.13 mb = 4066.02 m = 13339.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.36 mb = 689.61 m = 2262.48 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.51 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.06 mb = 3477.94 m = 11410.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.09 C = 100.56 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 16.08 C K Index: 24.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7075.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.44 mb = 1640.01 m = 5380.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.5 at 81.5 knts Storm direction: 226.5 at 61.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 11.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: -246.1 tot: -2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 103.45 m/s