MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 45.80,-92.22 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -92.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 973 332 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 207 10 300.3 303.0 295.2 343.7 14.82 2 950 544 22.1 18.3 79 3.8 19.5 210 18 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.6 14.04 3 900 1012 19.1 16.8 87 2.3 17.5 215 26 301.2 303.6 294.6 340.9 13.50 4 850 1503 17.9 12.7 71 5.2 14.5 219 31 304.9 307.0 293.7 337.6 10.92 5 800 2021 16.1 6.4 52 9.7 10.3 215 28 308.3 309.8 292.1 331.4 7.55 6 750 2567 12.9 -0.5 40 13.4 5.8 211 26 310.6 311.5 290.5 325.9 4.91 7 700 3141 7.6 1.4 65 6.2 4.2 221 21 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.7 6.05 8 650 3747 2.4 -1.1 78 3.5 0.6 238 24 311.6 312.7 291.3 328.6 5.43 9 600 4388 -2.5 -4.9 84 2.4 -3.7 241 26 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.2 4.43 10 550 5074 -5.9 -11.8 63 5.9 -8.2 253 32 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.3 2.82 11 500 5816 -9.8 -20.9 40 11.1 -13.2 252 34 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.0 1.44 12 450 6620 -15.1 -24.0 46 9.0 -17.4 249 36 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.22 13 400 7502 -20.2 -23.0 79 2.8 -21.0 253 42 328.7 329.0 292.8 334.0 1.50 14 350 8478 -27.0 -31.4 66 4.4 -27.8 240 44 332.4 332.5 293.2 335.3 0.79 15 300 9569 -35.6 -37.2 85 1.7 -35.8 241 42 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.52 16 250 10811 -45.6 -46.4 91 0.8 -45.6 246 42 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.24 17 200 12257 -57.6 -58.9 85 1.3 -57.6 249 48 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.07 18 150 14053 -56.9 -77.1 6 20.2 -57.2 242 35 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16611 -58.2 -84.5 2 26.2 -58.6 251 19 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.74 m Freezing level: 625.84 mb = 4056.39 m = 13308.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.22 mb = 3830.62 m = 12567.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.33 mb = 1008.51 m = 3308.72 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.73 mb = 2259.85 m = 7414.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.79 C = 92.83 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 831.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.90 mb = 1225.56 m = 4020.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.90 mb = 3106.68 m = 10192.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.90 mb = 11852.22 m = 38884.78 ft B at Equ Level: 828.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.90 mb = 13932.91 m = 45711.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.8 neg: -42.9 tot: 64.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 38.13 Bulk Shear: 21.79 m/s