MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 45.82,-94.00 Latitude: 45.82 Longitude: -94.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 969 356 20.7 18.2 85 2.5 19.0 188 9 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.0 13.68 2 950 529 20.8 17.4 81 3.4 18.5 197 20 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.7 13.23 3 900 999 22.1 14.2 61 7.9 16.8 216 32 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.3 11.40 4 850 1495 20.5 6.2 39 14.3 12.0 217 30 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.0 7.01 5 800 2015 17.1 3.8 41 13.3 9.5 228 23 309.4 310.5 291.3 328.8 6.29 6 750 2561 12.2 3.7 56 8.6 7.3 247 21 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.4 6.66 7 700 3135 7.4 0.2 60 7.2 3.6 247 27 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.0 5.57 8 650 3740 2.1 0.0 86 2.0 1.0 251 31 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.7 5.92 9 600 4380 -3.2 -4.0 94 0.9 -3.6 265 35 312.4 313.3 291.0 327.3 4.73 10 550 5065 -5.9 -12.5 59 6.7 -8.4 257 33 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.9 2.66 11 500 5807 -9.7 -23.6 31 13.9 -13.6 255 34 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.1 1.14 12 450 6611 -15.2 -26.4 38 11.2 -18.0 256 38 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 0.98 13 400 7490 -21.2 -30.2 44 9.0 -23.0 258 42 327.5 327.6 291.8 330.3 0.78 14 350 8466 -26.5 -42.4 21 15.9 -28.5 252 41 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.26 15 300 9558 -35.5 -40.4 61 4.8 -36.1 255 44 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.7 0.38 16 250 10800 -45.6 -47.4 82 1.8 -45.7 261 45 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.21 17 200 12245 -57.9 -58.4 94 0.5 -57.9 261 54 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 18 150 14047 -57.5 -77.4 6 19.9 -57.8 251 39 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16603 -58.5 -84.8 2 26.4 -58.8 262 18 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.33 m Freezing level: 630.31 mb = 3991.85 m = 13096.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.03 mb = 3875.79 m = 12715.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.92 mb = 677.66 m = 2223.26 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2608.96 m = 8559.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.02 C = 93.24 F Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 15.93 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 351.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.55 mb = 1642.23 m = 5387.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.55 mb = 3364.75 m = 11039.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.55 mb = 8454.31 m = 27736.89 ft B at Equ Level: 348.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.55 mb = 12548.69 m = 41169.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.8 neg: -21.4 tot: 180.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 6.65 Bulk Shear: 52.77 m/s