MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.82,-97.44 Latitude: 47.82 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 968 302 33.8 21.8 50 12.0 24.9 167 13 309.8 313.0 299.1 362.2 17.20 2 950 466 31.4 20.6 53 10.8 23.5 172 19 309.0 312.1 298.4 358.4 16.27 3 900 949 26.8 19.5 65 7.2 21.5 182 21 309.1 312.1 298.3 358.0 16.10 4 850 1451 22.1 18.5 80 3.6 19.5 190 22 309.3 312.3 298.3 357.9 15.99 5 800 1976 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 17.0 202 26 310.0 312.9 297.9 355.9 15.03 6 750 2529 18.6 3.8 38 14.8 9.8 215 31 316.7 318.0 293.8 338.0 6.71 7 700 3117 15.4 -1.4 32 16.8 6.2 214 37 319.6 320.5 293.2 335.5 4.95 8 650 3739 10.1 -3.5 38 13.7 3.0 210 38 320.4 321.3 293.1 335.1 4.53 9 600 4398 4.3 -6.0 47 10.3 -0.7 211 37 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.4 4.06 10 550 5098 -1.8 -8.9 58 7.1 -5.0 218 30 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.55 11 500 5848 -8.5 -11.4 79 2.9 -9.7 226 27 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.3 3.20 12 450 6656 -14.5 -17.4 79 2.9 -15.4 231 34 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.5 2.18 13 400 7539 -19.5 -35.5 23 16.0 -22.4 248 38 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.46 14 350 8517 -26.3 -35.3 42 9.0 -27.8 245 31 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 15 300 9611 -35.3 -43.8 42 8.5 -36.1 255 28 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.7 0.26 16 250 10851 -46.1 -50.6 60 4.5 -46.3 265 32 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.15 17 200 12294 -57.8 -59.8 77 2.0 -57.8 268 30 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.06 18 150 14093 -58.2 -75.9 9 17.8 -58.4 249 38 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16660 -57.4 -84.6 2 27.2 -57.8 223 13 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.82 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4891.57 m = 16048.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.89 mb = 4263.42 m = 13987.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.60 mb = 1819.25 m = 5968.58 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 30.87 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.46 mb = 1959.94 m = 6430.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: -8.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.59 C Cross Totals Index: 27.01 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3372.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.58 mb = 1851.42 m = 6074.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.58 mb = 3782.86 m = 12410.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.58 mb = 13437.27 m = 44084.99 ft B at Equ Level: 3361.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.35 Bulk Rich Number: 77.19 Bulk Shear: 43.69 m/s