MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 46.02,-95.03 Latitude: 46.02 Longitude: -95.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 962 415 21.1 15.0 68 6.1 17.1 210 10 297.5 299.5 291.7 330.0 11.20 2 950 527 21.9 14.9 65 7.0 17.3 211 20 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.5 11.31 3 900 998 22.2 13.2 57 9.0 16.3 218 35 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.3 10.67 4 850 1493 19.7 8.6 49 11.1 12.9 227 30 306.7 308.3 292.2 331.8 8.27 5 800 2012 16.1 6.2 52 9.9 10.2 250 29 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.1 7.47 6 750 2556 11.6 4.3 61 7.3 7.4 255 29 309.1 310.5 291.9 330.5 6.97 7 700 3129 6.7 0.8 66 5.9 3.6 250 27 309.9 311.0 291.1 327.9 5.81 8 650 3732 1.9 -2.2 74 4.2 -0.2 258 33 311.1 312.1 290.8 326.8 5.00 9 600 4373 -2.4 -7.1 71 4.6 -4.5 269 38 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.3 3.75 10 550 5060 -5.6 -11.6 63 6.0 -8.0 258 31 317.4 318.0 290.8 326.8 2.85 11 500 5802 -10.0 -17.5 54 7.5 -12.5 251 31 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.3 1.93 12 450 6605 -15.8 -21.4 62 5.6 -17.4 261 37 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.7 1.54 13 400 7483 -21.1 -38.2 20 17.1 -23.8 259 42 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.35 14 350 8457 -27.5 -37.3 39 9.9 -28.9 266 42 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.44 15 300 9546 -36.4 -39.3 74 2.9 -36.7 269 53 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.7 0.42 16 250 10786 -45.9 -46.0 99 0.1 -45.9 266 54 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.25 17 200 12229 -57.7 -59.4 81 1.7 -57.8 262 61 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.06 18 150 14042 -55.2 -78.3 4 23.1 -55.5 255 38 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 19 100 16606 -57.7 -85.0 2 27.3 -58.1 233 13 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.15 m Freezing level: 627.98 mb = 4014.58 m = 13171.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3706.02 m = 12158.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.72 mb = 1195.18 m = 3921.14 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2748.59 m = 9017.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.04 mb = 1968.68 m = 6458.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.04 mb = 3497.10 m = 11473.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 389.04 mb = 7685.42 m = 25214.32 ft B at Equ Level: 165.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.04 mb = 10810.45 m = 35466.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 44.66 m/s