MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.79,-103.22 Latitude: 47.79 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 514 SFC 931 687 25.0 17.3 62 7.7 19.6 69 9 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.3 13.45 3 900 988 23.5 15.1 59 8.4 17.8 88 17 305.7 308.0 294.8 342.0 12.08 4 850 1485 19.7 14.0 70 5.7 15.9 120 16 306.8 309.0 295.0 342.6 11.91 5 800 2004 15.3 12.9 86 2.4 13.7 145 17 307.4 309.6 295.0 343.0 11.77 6 750 2549 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 167 19 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.9 11.09 7 700 3125 9.0 8.8 99 0.1 8.9 186 21 312.4 314.4 295.3 344.0 10.24 8 650 3736 6.4 -1.1 59 7.5 2.4 226 24 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.6 5.46 9 600 4388 1.9 -8.8 45 10.6 -2.9 242 29 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.0 3.28 10 550 5082 -4.1 -12.0 54 7.8 -7.3 230 31 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.4 2.78 11 500 5825 -10.2 -17.8 54 7.5 -12.8 217 32 320.5 320.9 290.8 326.9 1.89 12 450 6627 -16.1 -28.7 33 12.6 -18.9 228 39 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.8 0.79 13 400 7505 -21.1 -38.2 20 17.0 -23.8 237 37 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 14 350 8475 -29.0 -44.1 22 15.1 -30.7 234 35 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.22 15 300 9557 -37.7 -51.1 23 13.4 -38.5 247 31 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10787 -47.5 -49.3 81 1.8 -47.6 169 11 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.17 17 200 12228 -56.8 -60.0 67 3.1 -56.9 214 16 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14075 -52.1 -79.7 2 27.6 -52.6 198 25 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16668 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 211 11 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.60 m Freezing level: 584.42 mb = 4604.09 m = 15105.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.29 mb = 4025.58 m = 13207.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.25 mb = 1665.86 m = 5465.36 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.31 mb = 2367.72 m = 7768.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 43.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.50 mb = 2062.70 m = 6767.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.50 mb = 4259.90 m = 13975.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.50 mb = 12244.00 m = 40170.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1234.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.50 mb = 14538.69 m = 47698.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 7.73 Bulk Shear: 161.82 m/s