MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 47.00,-99.84 Latitude: 47.00 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 448 SFC 938 561 28.1 21.1 66 7.0 23.0 87 10 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.2 17.06 3 900 929 27.9 18.8 58 9.0 21.4 131 20 310.2 313.2 298.1 357.2 15.39 4 850 1436 25.3 16.3 57 9.0 18.9 171 23 312.6 315.3 297.7 355.3 13.84 5 800 1966 20.7 14.7 68 6.0 16.6 191 24 313.3 315.8 297.5 354.3 13.28 6 750 2521 16.2 13.0 81 3.2 14.1 213 27 314.2 316.6 297.4 353.5 12.69 7 700 3105 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 225 32 315.0 317.3 297.1 352.2 11.96 8 650 3722 9.2 -1.7 47 10.8 3.4 240 36 319.3 320.4 293.3 336.2 5.21 9 600 4380 4.6 -9.1 36 13.7 -1.7 242 34 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.1 3.20 10 550 5081 -1.3 -12.3 43 10.9 -5.8 232 37 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.71 11 500 5832 -7.2 -19.7 36 12.5 -11.3 235 45 324.2 324.5 291.6 329.7 1.60 12 450 6643 -13.4 -23.5 42 10.1 -16.3 246 46 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.9 1.28 13 400 7529 -19.5 -29.6 40 10.1 -21.7 245 47 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.7 0.82 14 350 8507 -25.8 -37.5 33 11.7 -27.6 251 34 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.44 15 300 9608 -33.0 -47.1 23 14.1 -34.3 252 25 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 16 250 10861 -43.5 -53.1 34 9.6 -44.0 248 21 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.11 17 200 12321 -55.4 -57.3 79 1.9 -55.4 311 18 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 18 150 14108 -64.9 -66.2 84 1.3 -64.9 342 22 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.03 19 100 16630 -58.5 -84.9 2 26.4 -58.9 245 24 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.64 m Freezing level: 561.14 mb = 4924.94 m = 16157.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.47 mb = 4157.54 m = 13640.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.66 C = 94.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.74 mb = 1458.95 m = 4786.51 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 28.45 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2607.17 m = 8553.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.49 C = 95.88 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 48.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 565.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2697.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.67 mb = 2153.91 m = 7066.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.67 mb = 2893.63 m = 9493.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.67 mb = 14205.28 m = 46604.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2645.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 407.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 407.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.90 Bulk Rich Number: 13.32 Bulk Shear: 202.49 m/s