MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 96 SFC 973 331 23.1 21.6 91 1.5 22.0 258 5 298.5 301.6 296.1 347.7 16.90 2 950 542 22.1 17.9 78 4.1 19.2 252 12 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.7 13.75 3 900 1010 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 236 16 301.3 303.7 294.1 339.0 12.81 4 850 1501 16.8 13.6 81 3.2 14.7 232 21 303.7 305.9 293.9 338.2 11.59 5 800 2017 14.1 10.3 78 3.9 11.7 229 27 306.2 308.1 293.3 335.9 9.87 6 750 2560 11.0 5.7 70 5.3 7.9 223 31 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.1 7.70 7 700 3132 6.9 1.6 69 5.3 4.1 218 32 310.2 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.16 8 650 3737 2.2 -0.0 85 2.2 1.0 224 34 311.4 312.6 291.6 329.8 5.88 9 600 4379 -1.9 -2.8 93 0.9 -2.3 233 37 314.0 314.9 291.8 330.4 5.19 10 550 5067 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -6.0 240 40 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.4 4.34 11 500 5810 -9.6 -10.7 91 1.1 -10.1 245 40 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.38 12 450 6617 -14.1 -15.2 91 1.2 -14.5 249 40 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.4 2.60 13 400 7501 -19.8 -20.3 96 0.5 -19.9 250 39 329.3 329.7 293.3 336.0 1.91 14 350 8479 -26.7 -26.7 100 0.0 -26.7 251 37 332.8 333.0 293.6 337.2 1.23 15 300 9572 -35.0 -35.1 99 0.1 -35.1 249 37 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.64 16 250 10816 -45.3 -45.4 98 0.1 -45.3 243 44 338.7 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.26 17 200 12263 -57.8 -58.3 95 0.4 -57.8 245 45 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14060 -57.1 -76.8 7 19.7 -57.4 237 37 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16615 -58.2 -84.7 2 26.5 -58.5 251 18 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.04 m Freezing level: 623.04 mb = 4083.12 m = 13395.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3926.67 m = 12882.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.98 mb = 514.54 m = 1688.09 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1759.10 m = 5771.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 618.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.57 mb = 1217.27 m = 3993.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.57 mb = 2857.17 m = 9373.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.57 mb = 11256.41 m = 36930.02 ft B at Equ Level: 617.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.57 mb = 13912.53 m = 45644.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: -3.1 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 11.22 Bulk Shear: 55.08 m/s