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: 47.45,-95.22 Latitude: 47.45 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 955 442 27.4 22.9 77 4.5 24.0 12 7 304.5 308.0 298.8 360.4 18.70 2 950 484 27.4 22.1 73 5.3 23.5 14 9 305.0 308.3 298.4 358.3 17.85 3 900 963 25.3 19.4 70 5.9 21.1 93 5 307.6 310.5 297.8 355.7 15.96 4 850 1464 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.7 160 11 309.1 311.9 297.5 353.9 14.76 5 800 1988 17.4 15.8 90 1.6 16.3 171 15 309.7 312.4 297.3 353.0 14.22 6 750 2538 15.4 9.5 68 5.9 11.6 192 16 313.3 315.2 295.4 344.4 10.02 7 700 3126 15.9 -6.1 22 22.0 4.9 232 21 320.1 320.8 292.1 331.5 3.47 8 650 3748 10.8 -11.6 19 22.4 0.8 236 24 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.3 2.42 9 600 4408 5.3 -13.3 25 18.6 -2.5 234 32 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.29 10 550 5110 -1.3 -12.0 44 10.7 -5.8 232 37 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.77 11 500 5860 -8.1 -12.4 71 4.3 -9.8 237 41 323.1 323.7 292.5 333.0 2.95 12 450 6667 -14.9 -18.4 75 3.5 -16.0 236 41 324.5 324.9 292.1 331.3 2.00 13 400 7548 -20.9 -30.2 43 9.3 -22.8 234 34 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.6 0.78 14 350 8521 -27.5 -36.7 41 9.2 -28.9 215 24 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.5 0.47 15 300 9610 -36.6 -42.5 54 5.9 -37.1 213 24 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.30 16 250 10845 -46.5 -51.8 54 5.4 -46.7 208 28 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12287 -57.9 -59.7 80 1.8 -58.0 215 32 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 14069 -60.9 -71.8 22 10.9 -61.0 198 26 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.02 19 100 16626 -57.5 -84.7 2 27.2 -57.9 234 7 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.89 m Freezing level: 559.62 mb = 4974.62 m = 16320.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3909.00 m = 12824.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.38 C = 90.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.77 mb = 1014.09 m = 3327.01 ft T: 24.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 31.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.35 mb = 1919.88 m = 6298.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3181.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.21 mb = 1615.74 m = 5300.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.21 mb = 4134.65 m = 13564.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.21 mb = 13660.69 m = 44817.98 ft B at Equ Level: 3143.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 23.53 Bulk Shear: 135.23 m/s