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: 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 80 SFC 962 414 20.1 18.5 90 1.6 19.0 205 9 296.5 299.0 293.6 337.0 14.04 2 950 521 20.6 17.9 84 2.7 18.8 210 17 298.1 300.6 293.8 337.9 13.70 3 900 990 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.4 225 35 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.5 12.54 4 850 1485 19.8 11.2 58 8.6 14.3 226 32 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.8 9.90 5 800 2005 16.1 7.1 55 8.9 10.7 230 29 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.6 7.96 6 750 2549 11.5 4.4 62 7.1 7.5 233 27 309.1 310.4 291.9 330.7 7.02 7 700 3122 6.9 4.2 83 2.7 5.3 237 26 310.1 311.5 292.5 332.8 7.39 8 650 3727 2.7 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 242 30 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.4 6.84 9 600 4371 -2.0 -2.9 93 1.0 -2.4 244 31 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.1 5.14 10 550 5058 -5.7 -9.7 74 3.9 -7.4 257 32 317.3 317.9 291.2 328.1 3.34 11 500 5800 -10.3 -13.7 76 3.4 -11.5 257 33 320.5 321.1 291.5 329.4 2.65 12 450 6603 -15.7 -16.7 92 1.0 -16.1 261 37 323.5 323.9 292.0 331.2 2.29 13 400 7482 -21.4 -21.7 97 0.3 -21.5 266 43 327.2 327.5 292.5 333.0 1.68 14 350 8454 -27.7 -27.9 99 0.1 -27.8 259 48 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.3 1.11 15 300 9544 -35.4 -35.4 100 -0.0 -35.4 254 52 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.63 16 250 10787 -45.6 -45.6 100 0.0 -45.6 261 54 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.26 17 200 12233 -57.6 -57.8 97 0.2 -57.6 253 52 341.5 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 14038 -56.3 -78.5 5 22.2 -56.6 258 35 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16602 -58.3 -84.9 2 26.6 -58.7 249 16 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.11 m Freezing level: 620.84 mb = 4102.56 m = 13459.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.40 mb = 4037.41 m = 13245.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.64 mb = 616.50 m = 2022.62 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.95 mb = 2338.90 m = 7673.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.10 mb = 1504.52 m = 4936.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.10 mb = 3085.33 m = 10122.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.10 mb = 10702.94 m = 35114.22 ft B at Equ Level: 651.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.10 mb = 13512.86 m = 44332.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: -19.8 tot: 146.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 26.53 Bulk Shear: 24.61 m/s