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: 47.52,-95.61 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -95.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 1 950 408 SFC 947 432 17.4 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 334 7 295.0 297.3 292.2 331.8 12.81 3 900 869 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 316 6 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.5 11.67 4 850 1352 12.7 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 315 7 299.5 301.5 292.0 331.0 10.77 5 800 1861 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 340 8 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.5 10.08 6 750 2397 8.3 7.9 97 0.4 8.1 341 6 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.97 7 700 2966 6.0 5.2 95 0.8 5.6 101 0 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.6 7.97 8 650 3572 4.9 2.7 86 2.2 3.7 180 6 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.0 7.18 9 600 4223 2.9 -1.1 75 4.0 0.8 196 18 319.5 320.6 293.9 338.4 5.90 10 550 4926 1.4 -5.7 59 7.1 -2.1 191 28 325.7 326.6 294.5 340.8 4.54 11 500 5689 -1.7 -11.2 48 9.5 -6.0 181 32 330.9 331.6 294.8 342.1 3.25 12 450 6519 -6.5 -16.9 44 10.3 -10.5 176 25 335.0 335.5 295.0 343.0 2.27 13 400 7427 -12.8 -21.0 50 8.1 -15.5 164 20 338.3 338.7 295.5 344.8 1.80 14 350 8427 -21.4 -25.2 72 3.8 -22.4 195 7 339.9 340.2 295.6 345.1 1.41 15 300 9542 -30.8 -32.3 87 1.5 -31.1 288 17 341.9 342.1 295.6 345.1 0.85 16 250 10807 -41.5 -42.3 92 0.8 -41.6 282 24 344.3 344.4 295.7 345.8 0.37 17 200 12277 -55.0 -55.0 99 0.0 -54.9 214 21 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.11 18 150 14049 -67.9 -68.2 96 0.3 -67.9 242 41 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.03 19 100 16627 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 209 16 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.46 m Freezing level: 527.84 mb = 5264.30 m = 17271.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4404.94 m = 14451.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.88 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.96 mb = 498.81 m = 1636.49 ft T: 16.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.85 C/km ThetaE index: 1.21 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 972.48 m = 3190.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.68 C = 67.42 F Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lifted Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.47 C Cross Totals Index: 14.22 C K Index: 26.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7194.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.09 mb = 943.80 m = 3096.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.7 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 223.7 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -6.3 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 48.54 m/s