MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.11,-92.54 Latitude: 47.11 Longitude: -92.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 962 417 27.5 22.7 75 4.8 24.0 174 5 304.0 307.4 298.4 358.6 18.35 2 950 528 26.9 21.6 73 5.3 23.0 176 11 304.5 307.7 298.0 356.2 17.33 3 900 1005 23.1 20.1 83 3.0 20.9 187 19 305.3 308.4 297.7 355.3 16.69 4 850 1502 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.6 197 25 306.7 309.6 297.4 353.7 15.60 5 800 2024 18.7 10.1 57 8.6 13.1 224 20 311.1 312.9 294.6 341.0 9.73 6 750 2576 16.3 -0.6 31 17.0 7.1 249 22 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.88 7 700 3158 11.7 -2.4 37 14.0 4.3 267 28 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.0 4.59 8 650 3772 7.2 -5.2 41 12.4 1.1 272 26 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.0 4.00 9 600 4425 2.0 -7.3 50 9.3 -2.3 280 28 318.5 319.2 291.9 330.5 3.70 10 550 5120 -3.5 -8.9 66 5.5 -5.8 291 40 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.54 11 500 5865 -9.4 -13.2 74 3.7 -10.9 287 41 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.8 2.77 12 450 6672 -14.2 -19.8 62 5.6 -16.0 277 25 325.4 325.7 292.1 331.4 1.76 13 400 7555 -20.3 -23.2 77 2.9 -21.0 275 28 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.9 1.48 14 350 8531 -27.3 -33.0 58 5.7 -28.3 258 35 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.68 15 300 9621 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.7 251 40 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 16 250 10859 -46.2 -50.1 65 3.9 -46.4 262 37 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12303 -57.7 -62.6 54 4.9 -57.8 271 27 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 14084 -60.0 -72.1 19 12.1 -60.2 258 27 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.02 19 100 16634 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 256 9 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.61 m Freezing level: 581.55 mb = 4681.21 m = 15358.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3984.04 m = 13070.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.04 mb = 1023.83 m = 3359.00 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 28.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2163.31 m = 7097.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.57 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -8.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 27.58 C K Index: 33.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 611.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3165.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.87 mb = 1351.22 m = 4433.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.87 mb = 3159.41 m = 10365.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.87 mb = 13313.83 m = 43680.01 ft B at Equ Level: 3161.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 27.72 Bulk Shear: 114.19 m/s