MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 45.61,-92.05 Latitude: 45.61 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 965 363 22.3 22.0 98 0.3 22.1 214 5 298.5 301.7 296.5 349.5 17.51 2 950 499 24.3 22.4 90 1.8 22.9 228 14 301.8 305.2 297.8 355.7 18.27 3 900 975 23.2 20.0 82 3.3 20.9 248 12 305.4 308.5 297.7 355.0 16.55 4 850 1473 20.6 14.9 70 5.7 16.7 313 9 307.7 310.1 295.7 345.8 12.61 5 800 1995 18.5 8.2 51 10.3 12.1 309 15 310.9 312.5 293.6 337.2 8.57 6 750 2546 15.7 0.8 36 14.9 7.5 294 14 313.6 314.7 291.9 330.7 5.40 7 700 3127 11.5 -2.1 39 13.5 4.4 292 22 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.1 4.69 8 650 3741 6.2 -3.5 50 9.7 1.3 291 28 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.5 4.55 9 600 4391 1.5 -7.2 52 8.7 -2.5 273 26 317.9 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.71 10 550 5085 -3.7 -8.9 67 5.2 -6.0 265 29 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.3 3.54 11 500 5832 -8.3 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.1 269 30 322.9 323.5 292.3 332.3 2.82 12 450 6642 -13.4 -19.6 59 6.2 -15.3 269 29 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.7 1.80 13 400 7527 -20.0 -32.5 32 12.5 -22.5 272 35 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.62 14 350 8501 -28.1 -37.1 42 9.0 -29.4 258 34 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.6 0.45 15 300 9588 -35.9 -43.5 46 7.6 -36.6 272 34 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.27 16 250 10829 -45.6 -50.3 59 4.6 -45.9 285 63 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 17 200 12291 -52.1 -60.8 34 8.7 -52.4 249 42 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14119 -59.7 -76.6 9 16.9 -59.9 267 50 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16617 -62.7 -84.0 4 21.3 -62.9 271 26 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.19 m Freezing level: 585.46 mb = 4592.85 m = 15068.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.82 mb = 3958.26 m = 12986.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.82 mb = 400.73 m = 1314.71 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2085.57 m = 6842.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 30.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2509.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.80 mb = 1202.40 m = 3944.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.80 mb = 3105.62 m = 10188.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.80 mb = 12897.56 m = 42314.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2485.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -15.5 tot: 40.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 80.10 Bulk Shear: 31.33 m/s