MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-94.22 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 959 419 24.5 24.2 98 0.3 24.3 179 7 301.2 304.9 298.8 360.7 20.15 2 950 498 24.7 24.0 96 0.7 24.2 181 14 302.3 306.0 299.1 362.0 20.15 3 900 974 24.3 21.2 83 3.1 22.0 215 28 306.5 309.8 298.7 360.2 17.84 4 850 1475 21.8 17.9 79 3.9 19.1 222 24 309.0 311.9 297.8 355.7 15.38 5 800 2000 18.3 15.4 83 2.9 16.3 218 21 310.7 313.3 297.3 353.2 13.91 6 750 2552 16.8 5.2 46 11.6 9.8 227 19 314.8 316.2 293.9 338.1 7.42 7 700 3138 14.9 -6.6 22 21.4 4.3 235 20 319.0 319.6 291.7 329.9 3.34 8 650 3759 10.1 -6.9 30 17.0 1.8 223 26 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.9 3.50 9 600 4417 4.2 -7.2 43 11.4 -1.2 212 31 321.0 321.7 292.6 333.2 3.71 10 550 5117 -2.0 -7.7 65 5.7 -4.7 206 38 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.4 3.89 11 500 5866 -8.9 -10.1 91 1.2 -9.4 203 39 322.2 322.9 292.8 333.9 3.55 12 450 6672 -14.9 -17.1 83 2.2 -15.6 215 38 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.1 2.23 13 400 7554 -20.7 -22.7 84 2.0 -21.2 226 35 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.5 1.54 14 350 8524 -29.0 -29.6 95 0.6 -29.2 218 28 329.6 329.8 292.5 333.0 0.94 15 300 9609 -37.1 -41.9 61 4.8 -37.6 214 30 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.32 16 250 10843 -46.3 -50.1 65 3.8 -46.5 230 26 337.2 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.16 17 200 12288 -57.9 -61.2 65 3.4 -57.9 236 21 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 14065 -61.0 -71.7 23 10.7 -61.1 221 23 365.0 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.02 19 100 16615 -58.9 -84.3 2 25.4 -59.3 216 13 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.70 m Freezing level: 566.31 mb = 4888.91 m = 16039.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.06 mb = 4146.75 m = 13604.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.89 mb = 453.48 m = 1487.77 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 32.07 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1739.63 m = 5707.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -9.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -7.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 27.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4008.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.76 mb = 1203.50 m = 3948.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.76 mb = 3736.40 m = 12258.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.76 mb = 13992.94 m = 45908.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3957.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.5 neg: -16.3 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 260.23 Bulk Shear: 15.40 m/s