MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 55.43,-93.48 Latitude: 55.43 Longitude: -93.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 997 159 28.1 14.3 43 13.8 18.9 88 2 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.9 10.30 2 950 586 22.4 12.7 54 9.6 16.2 103 2 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.6 9.79 3 900 1053 17.9 11.9 68 6.0 14.1 150 1 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.6 9.77 4 850 1539 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 279 3 300.8 302.6 291.3 328.7 9.47 5 800 2049 11.3 5.1 66 6.2 7.8 299 8 303.2 304.5 289.9 323.9 6.91 6 750 2585 7.9 -2.9 46 10.8 2.7 303 10 305.2 305.9 288.1 317.9 4.13 7 700 3150 5.2 -12.9 26 18.1 -1.9 305 11 308.2 308.6 287.0 314.7 2.02 8 650 3752 2.6 -19.5 18 22.1 -4.8 313 11 311.9 312.2 287.5 316.1 1.26 9 600 4395 -0.8 -12.5 41 11.7 -5.4 326 10 315.2 315.7 289.7 323.2 2.45 10 550 5085 -4.1 -18.8 31 14.7 -9.1 346 10 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.5 1.57 11 500 5830 -8.6 -31.1 14 22.5 -13.9 3 9 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.7 0.57 12 450 6637 -14.8 -30.7 24 15.9 -18.3 5 13 324.6 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.66 13 400 7516 -21.4 -37.8 21 16.4 -24.0 6 13 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.37 14 350 8485 -29.1 -43.1 25 14.0 -30.6 11 14 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 15 300 9565 -38.6 -44.8 52 6.3 -39.1 15 18 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.23 16 250 10788 -49.3 -50.3 90 0.9 -49.4 11 30 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 17 200 12213 -59.9 -61.3 84 1.4 -60.0 6 27 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 18 150 13998 -60.7 -76.4 11 15.6 -60.9 359 11 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16535 -57.9 -84.5 2 26.6 -58.2 327 11 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.78 m Freezing level: 611.79 mb = 4243.33 m = 13921.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.94 mb = 2908.81 m = 9543.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.68 mb = 1885.65 m = 6186.43 ft T: 12.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.05 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.30 mb = 2266.62 m = 7436.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 2.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 15.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5663.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.11 mb = 1819.55 m = 5969.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.9 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 353.9 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 11.55 m/s