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: 47.14,-97.76 Latitude: 47.14 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 961 387 28.6 22.5 70 6.1 24.1 81 5 305.2 308.6 298.6 359.6 18.14 2 950 488 28.4 21.0 64 7.4 23.0 97 8 306.0 309.1 297.9 356.0 16.66 3 900 966 24.4 19.7 75 4.7 21.0 132 10 306.6 309.7 297.8 355.4 16.21 4 850 1465 20.3 18.3 88 2.0 18.9 155 12 307.4 310.4 297.7 355.0 15.77 5 800 1988 16.9 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 175 17 309.1 311.9 297.4 353.6 14.65 6 750 2537 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 189 22 311.6 314.1 297.1 352.0 13.16 7 700 3119 14.4 -0.5 36 14.9 6.2 212 30 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.27 8 650 3741 10.9 -8.0 26 18.9 1.8 215 35 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.21 9 600 4401 5.2 -11.6 28 16.8 -2.1 217 37 322.2 322.7 292.0 330.9 2.62 10 550 5103 -1.5 -11.4 47 9.9 -5.7 222 40 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.90 11 500 5852 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.1 -10.0 223 42 321.9 322.6 292.4 332.7 3.24 12 450 6658 -14.8 -15.1 98 0.3 -14.9 227 46 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.5 2.62 13 400 7537 -21.8 -30.2 47 8.4 -23.5 234 42 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.4 0.78 14 350 8507 -28.0 -37.5 40 9.5 -29.3 238 44 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.44 15 300 9597 -35.9 -38.6 76 2.7 -36.2 244 40 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.45 16 250 10836 -46.3 -47.7 86 1.4 -46.4 257 34 337.2 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.20 17 200 12280 -57.2 -57.4 98 0.2 -57.2 273 15 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14086 -57.3 -77.4 6 20.1 -57.5 250 28 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16644 -57.9 -84.3 2 26.4 -58.3 272 17 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.50 m Freezing level: 561.39 mb = 4943.22 m = 16217.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.61 mb = 4043.46 m = 13265.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.50 mb = 1167.50 m = 3830.34 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 28.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1759.40 m = 5772.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 32.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3069.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.91 mb = 1527.34 m = 5010.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.91 mb = 1999.27 m = 6559.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.91 mb = 2777.91 m = 9113.76 ft B at Equ Level: 13.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.91 mb = 3132.48 m = 10277.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.90 Bulk Rich Number: 23.55 Bulk Shear: 130.34 m/s