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: 47.36,-97.71 Latitude: 47.36 Longitude: -97.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 963 376 28.3 22.4 71 5.8 24.0 109 4 304.7 308.1 298.4 358.6 18.04 2 950 492 28.0 20.8 65 7.2 22.8 118 8 305.6 308.6 297.7 355.0 16.50 3 900 969 23.7 19.6 78 4.1 20.8 132 10 306.0 309.0 297.6 354.5 16.19 4 850 1467 19.8 18.0 89 1.8 18.6 146 12 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.6 15.49 5 800 1989 16.6 16.2 97 0.4 16.3 160 14 308.9 311.6 297.3 353.2 14.62 6 750 2538 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 185 18 311.4 313.9 296.9 351.3 13.01 7 700 3119 12.2 4.5 59 7.7 7.6 208 26 316.0 317.5 294.3 339.8 7.57 8 650 3737 10.1 -5.4 33 15.5 2.4 212 35 320.4 321.2 292.6 333.3 3.95 9 600 4397 5.2 -12.0 28 17.2 -2.2 214 38 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.6 2.53 10 550 5099 -1.5 -12.1 44 10.6 -5.9 220 41 322.3 322.8 292.1 331.5 2.75 11 500 5847 -9.3 -11.3 86 2.0 -10.1 222 44 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.3 3.22 12 450 6653 -14.7 -15.0 97 0.4 -14.8 225 48 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.7 2.64 13 400 7533 -22.1 -27.9 60 5.7 -23.4 233 44 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.7 0.97 14 350 8503 -27.8 -37.2 40 9.4 -29.2 238 45 331.3 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.45 15 300 9593 -35.7 -38.6 75 2.9 -36.1 244 40 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.45 16 250 10833 -46.0 -46.5 95 0.5 -46.0 264 37 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.6 0.24 17 200 12279 -57.1 -57.2 99 0.1 -57.1 272 20 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14082 -57.0 -76.2 7 19.2 -57.2 244 24 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16642 -57.5 -83.9 2 26.4 -57.9 263 11 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.07 m Freezing level: 561.36 mb = 4939.35 m = 16205.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.14 mb = 4072.05 m = 13359.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.74 mb = 1118.40 m = 3669.26 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 28.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1695.72 m = 5563.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 27.37 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2889.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.96 mb = 1467.85 m = 4815.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.96 mb = 2042.67 m = 6701.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.96 mb = 2940.79 m = 9648.14 ft B at Equ Level: 17.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 644.96 mb = 3801.68 m = 12472.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 26.95 Bulk Shear: 107.20 m/s