MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 47.61,-103.04 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -103.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 499 SFC 926 723 31.0 15.1 38 15.8 20.1 126 16 310.9 313.1 296.0 346.9 11.76 3 900 978 26.9 13.8 45 13.0 18.1 132 23 309.2 311.3 295.0 343.1 11.12 4 850 1479 22.0 12.9 56 9.1 16.0 139 24 309.2 311.3 295.0 343.0 11.09 5 800 2002 17.1 12.0 72 5.1 13.8 145 24 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.2 11.11 6 750 2549 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 152 24 309.9 312.0 295.0 343.0 10.83 7 700 3125 8.5 7.6 94 0.9 8.0 158 25 311.9 313.7 294.6 341.0 9.43 8 650 3736 6.5 1.2 69 5.3 3.5 174 28 316.3 317.5 293.5 336.7 6.43 9 600 4388 1.9 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.8 179 25 318.4 319.3 292.9 334.2 4.92 10 550 5084 -2.8 -11.6 51 8.8 -6.4 191 23 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.2 2.86 11 500 5830 -9.3 -17.4 52 8.1 -12.1 202 24 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.95 12 450 6634 -16.2 -24.0 51 7.8 -18.3 201 25 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.1 1.22 13 400 7508 -23.1 -30.0 53 6.9 -24.5 213 29 324.9 325.1 291.1 327.8 0.79 14 350 8471 -30.5 -35.7 61 5.1 -31.3 211 31 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.5 0.52 15 300 9547 -38.7 -46.5 44 7.7 -39.3 199 27 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.20 16 250 10772 -48.4 -55.6 43 7.1 -48.7 196 22 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.08 17 200 12213 -54.3 -63.4 32 9.1 -54.5 201 22 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14074 -52.1 -79.4 2 27.3 -52.6 202 26 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16667 -57.5 -84.8 2 27.3 -57.9 199 16 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.50 m Freezing level: 579.59 mb = 4672.03 m = 15328.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.23 mb = 4263.44 m = 13987.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.04 mb = 2705.84 m = 8877.31 ft T: 11.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.10 mb = 2784.85 m = 9136.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 43.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1509.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.64 mb = 2631.29 m = 8632.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.64 mb = 3034.26 m = 9954.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 677.64 mb = 3392.46 m = 11129.99 ft B at Equ Level: 5.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 647.64 mb = 3765.36 m = 12353.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 201.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 45.61 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s