MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.02,-97.81 Latitude: 47.02 Longitude: -97.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 960 395 28.8 22.5 69 6.3 24.1 65 6 305.5 308.8 298.7 359.8 18.13 2 950 486 28.5 21.0 64 7.5 23.0 81 8 306.1 309.3 298.0 356.4 16.75 3 900 965 24.7 19.7 73 5.1 21.1 130 10 307.0 310.0 297.8 355.8 16.21 4 850 1464 20.6 18.5 87 2.2 19.1 160 13 307.7 310.7 297.8 355.8 15.92 5 800 1987 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.4 180 19 309.3 312.0 297.4 353.6 14.60 6 750 2537 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 189 24 311.8 314.3 297.2 352.6 13.30 7 700 3120 15.5 -5.6 23 21.0 4.8 213 33 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.4 3.61 8 650 3743 11.3 -10.3 21 21.6 1.4 217 36 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.7 2.68 9 600 4403 5.2 -11.3 29 16.5 -2.0 219 37 322.1 322.7 292.0 331.1 2.68 10 550 5105 -1.5 -11.1 48 9.5 -5.6 223 40 322.3 322.8 292.3 332.2 2.99 11 500 5854 -9.0 -11.2 84 2.3 -9.9 223 42 322.1 322.8 292.5 332.9 3.25 12 450 6660 -15.0 -15.3 98 0.3 -15.1 228 44 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.59 13 400 7539 -21.6 -32.4 37 10.7 -23.7 235 41 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 14 350 8510 -28.1 -37.5 40 9.4 -29.4 238 44 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.43 15 300 9599 -36.0 -38.6 77 2.6 -36.2 245 39 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.45 16 250 10837 -46.5 -48.5 80 2.0 -46.7 252 33 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 17 200 12280 -57.2 -57.5 97 0.2 -57.2 271 12 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14088 -57.5 -78.1 6 20.7 -57.7 253 30 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16645 -58.2 -84.5 2 26.3 -58.6 275 20 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.72 m Freezing level: 561.39 mb = 4945.24 m = 16224.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.88 mb = 4002.45 m = 13131.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.46 mb = 1196.34 m = 3924.96 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 25.10 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1793.48 m = 5884.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -8.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 27.41 C K Index: 26.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3161.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.86 mb = 1557.55 m = 5110.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.86 mb = 2031.23 m = 6664.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.86 mb = 2697.52 m = 8850.02 ft B at Equ Level: 13.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 705.86 mb = 3049.20 m = 10003.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.59 Bulk Rich Number: 21.18 Bulk Shear: 149.29 m/s