MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-101.46 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 529 SFC 937 654 28.0 20.1 62 7.9 22.3 143 14 306.8 309.8 297.7 355.1 16.05 3 900 1007 24.7 18.4 68 6.3 20.2 148 28 307.0 309.8 297.1 352.0 14.95 4 850 1507 21.7 16.6 73 5.1 18.2 173 27 308.9 311.6 297.0 351.9 14.17 5 800 2033 19.4 13.6 69 5.8 15.4 215 22 311.8 314.1 296.5 349.6 12.30 6 750 2585 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 227 22 312.3 314.5 296.1 347.7 11.51 7 700 3165 12.1 -2.5 36 14.6 4.5 268 21 315.9 316.7 291.8 330.4 4.56 8 650 3782 8.2 -10.6 25 18.8 -0.1 264 22 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.9 2.62 9 600 4435 2.3 -12.2 34 14.4 -3.7 256 26 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.0 2.51 10 550 5130 -3.1 -18.8 29 15.7 -8.5 248 29 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.7 1.57 11 500 5876 -8.8 -22.2 33 13.4 -12.8 245 30 322.4 322.6 290.8 326.8 1.29 12 450 6682 -15.3 -25.6 41 10.3 -17.9 246 22 324.0 324.3 291.1 327.8 1.06 13 400 7561 -21.5 -35.6 27 14.1 -23.9 242 26 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.8 0.46 14 350 8530 -28.8 -39.6 35 10.8 -30.2 248 29 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.35 15 300 9612 -37.7 -39.7 81 2.1 -37.9 255 26 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.40 16 250 10843 -47.7 -51.1 69 3.3 -47.9 245 21 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12280 -56.5 -62.0 50 5.5 -56.6 245 23 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14116 -53.7 -79.9 3 26.2 -54.1 242 25 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16691 -57.7 -84.9 2 27.2 -58.0 190 11 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.21 m Freezing level: 579.11 mb = 4725.38 m = 15503.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.07 mb = 3768.19 m = 12362.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.08 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.54 mb = 1655.84 m = 5432.47 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 28.21 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.52 mb = 2454.59 m = 8053.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 566.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2782.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.82 mb = 1927.24 m = 6322.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.82 mb = 3720.40 m = 12205.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.82 mb = 12783.70 m = 41940.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2779.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 263.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 19.57 Bulk Shear: 142.20 m/s