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: 47.61,-95.16 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 957 420 25.8 22.2 81 3.6 23.2 19 9 302.8 306.1 297.9 355.9 17.92 2 950 486 26.2 21.7 76 4.5 22.9 22 13 303.7 307.0 297.8 355.5 17.41 3 900 963 24.8 19.5 72 5.3 20.9 88 6 307.1 310.1 297.7 355.3 16.00 4 850 1464 21.6 17.4 77 4.3 18.7 160 12 308.8 311.6 297.4 353.8 14.83 5 800 1988 17.5 15.5 88 2.0 16.1 174 16 309.8 312.5 297.1 352.4 13.97 6 750 2538 15.2 9.9 71 5.2 11.8 187 14 313.0 315.0 295.5 344.8 10.28 7 700 3125 15.5 -4.1 26 19.6 5.3 230 19 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.7 4.02 8 650 3746 10.5 -9.8 23 20.3 1.2 238 23 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.1 2.80 9 600 4406 5.2 -13.6 24 18.8 -2.6 235 33 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.7 2.24 10 550 5108 -1.3 -12.1 43 10.9 -5.8 234 39 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.74 11 500 5858 -8.2 -12.7 69 4.6 -9.9 238 42 323.1 323.7 292.4 332.7 2.87 12 450 6665 -14.8 -19.5 68 4.6 -16.3 236 41 324.6 325.0 291.9 330.8 1.82 13 400 7546 -20.8 -29.8 44 9.0 -22.7 233 34 328.0 328.1 292.0 330.9 0.81 14 350 8520 -27.5 -36.6 42 9.1 -28.9 215 25 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.5 0.48 15 300 9608 -36.6 -42.2 56 5.7 -37.1 213 24 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10844 -46.4 -52.0 53 5.5 -46.7 208 29 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12286 -57.9 -59.6 80 1.8 -57.9 215 32 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 18 150 14068 -61.0 -71.7 23 10.7 -61.1 197 26 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.02 19 100 16625 -57.5 -84.7 2 27.1 -57.9 232 7 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.56 m Freezing level: 559.67 mb = 4972.00 m = 16312.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.23 mb = 3948.71 m = 12954.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.63 mb = 879.06 m = 2884.04 ft T: 25.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 26.13 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.39 mb = 1940.48 m = 6366.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.75 C = 90.96 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 27.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2990.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.47 mb = 1520.15 m = 4987.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.47 mb = 4142.75 m = 13591.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.47 mb = 13688.66 m = 44909.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2938.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.3 neg: -4.7 tot: 221.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.51 Bulk Rich Number: 19.10 Bulk Shear: 156.55 m/s