MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.46,-94.18 Latitude: 45.46 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 969 328 29.4 25.2 79 4.1 26.3 180 12 305.3 309.2 300.4 369.4 21.32 2 950 500 28.4 23.9 76 4.5 25.0 185 21 306.0 309.8 299.9 366.2 20.00 3 900 979 24.2 22.2 89 2.0 22.8 195 26 306.5 310.0 299.4 363.9 19.05 4 850 1480 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.2 226 27 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.9 13.77 5 800 2008 22.0 9.2 44 12.8 13.7 226 30 314.6 316.3 295.1 343.1 9.14 6 750 2567 20.1 4.1 35 16.0 10.5 216 32 318.4 319.8 294.4 340.3 6.87 7 700 3157 16.0 -4.6 24 20.5 5.4 203 29 320.2 320.9 292.5 332.9 3.89 8 650 3780 10.8 -5.5 31 16.3 2.6 203 27 321.1 321.9 292.8 333.9 3.90 9 600 4440 5.0 -6.3 44 11.3 -0.5 220 21 321.9 322.7 293.0 335.0 3.99 10 550 5142 -1.3 -9.9 52 8.6 -5.0 240 16 322.6 323.2 292.7 333.5 3.28 11 500 5892 -8.3 -12.9 69 4.7 -10.1 240 17 322.9 323.5 292.4 332.4 2.83 12 450 6699 -15.0 -21.0 60 6.0 -16.8 242 18 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.8 1.59 13 400 7578 -21.7 -28.6 54 6.9 -23.2 264 20 326.8 326.9 291.7 330.0 0.90 14 350 8549 -28.2 -34.3 56 6.1 -29.2 227 13 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.60 15 300 9635 -36.7 -46.1 37 9.5 -37.4 222 19 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.20 16 250 10871 -46.5 -53.5 45 6.9 -46.9 230 15 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 17 200 12312 -58.0 -59.8 80 1.8 -58.0 228 12 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.06 18 150 14096 -61.8 -70.3 32 8.4 -62.0 224 24 363.5 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.02 19 100 16638 -59.1 -84.2 2 25.1 -59.5 201 12 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.14 m Freezing level: 560.02 mb = 5001.67 m = 16409.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.17 mb = 4328.80 m = 14201.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.38 % Est. max temperature: 36.83 C = 98.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.25 mb = 849.76 m = 2787.91 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 36.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.86 mb = 2741.38 m = 8993.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.93 C = 109.28 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -9.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -15.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 26.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4678.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 96.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.14 mb = 1244.77 m = 4083.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.14 mb = 3675.52 m = 12058.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.14 mb = 14174.60 m = 46504.04 ft B at Equ Level: 4659.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.8 neg: -56.9 tot: 67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 264.63 Bulk Shear: 17.68 m/s