MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-99.1 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 952 477 22.6 19.0 80 3.7 20.1 39 6 299.9 302.6 295.0 342.8 14.66 2 950 499 22.4 18.0 76 4.4 19.4 41 7 299.9 302.4 294.4 340.2 13.79 3 900 969 21.8 12.9 57 8.9 16.0 22 10 304.0 305.9 293.1 335.1 10.43 4 850 1464 19.6 9.8 53 9.8 13.4 343 12 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.8 8.97 5 800 1983 16.6 7.6 55 9.0 11.1 334 15 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.9 8.20 6 750 2530 13.1 6.7 65 6.4 9.2 311 12 310.7 312.3 293.3 336.1 8.24 7 700 3108 10.1 4.9 70 5.2 7.0 272 18 313.6 315.1 293.8 337.9 7.78 8 650 3721 6.2 -1.9 56 8.1 2.0 277 31 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.3 5.12 9 600 4371 2.0 -7.3 50 9.3 -2.3 275 30 318.4 319.1 291.8 330.4 3.68 10 550 5067 -3.0 -12.4 48 9.4 -6.8 253 33 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.4 2.69 11 500 5814 -8.7 -18.5 45 9.8 -11.9 244 43 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.78 12 450 6621 -14.5 -20.9 58 6.4 -16.4 246 42 325.0 325.3 291.9 330.6 1.61 13 400 7503 -19.8 -30.7 37 10.9 -22.1 258 42 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.74 14 350 8482 -26.0 -31.7 59 5.7 -27.1 257 34 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.5 0.77 15 300 9578 -34.8 -43.8 39 9.0 -35.7 260 36 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.4 0.26 16 250 10821 -44.8 -51.0 50 6.2 -45.2 240 34 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.14 17 200 12274 -56.0 -57.8 80 1.8 -56.1 229 24 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14080 -57.9 -73.8 11 15.9 -58.1 227 19 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16635 -57.5 -84.7 2 27.2 -57.9 277 17 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.50 m Freezing level: 580.10 mb = 4648.27 m = 15250.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.17 mb = 4011.36 m = 13160.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.83 mb = 941.89 m = 3090.14 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 9.02 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3147.02 m = 10324.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 419.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.67 mb = 1944.18 m = 6378.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.67 mb = 5679.05 m = 18631.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.67 mb = 7527.18 m = 24695.18 ft B at Equ Level: 64.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.67 mb = 9374.98 m = 30757.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: -45.3 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 119.87 m/s