MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-97.05 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 970 278 32.5 22.3 55 10.2 24.9 171 16 308.3 311.6 299.1 362.1 17.76 2 950 464 31.6 20.8 53 10.8 23.7 176 28 309.3 312.4 298.6 359.6 16.53 3 900 948 27.6 19.3 61 8.3 21.6 185 34 310.0 313.0 298.4 358.4 15.89 4 850 1452 23.9 17.4 67 6.6 19.2 199 36 311.2 314.0 298.0 356.6 14.83 5 800 1981 20.6 14.0 66 6.5 16.1 217 38 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.3 12.71 6 750 2538 20.5 1.1 28 19.3 9.3 234 33 318.8 319.9 293.4 336.6 5.54 7 700 3130 16.9 -5.6 21 22.5 5.4 245 32 321.2 321.9 292.5 333.0 3.59 8 650 3754 11.1 -5.7 30 16.8 2.7 245 33 321.6 322.3 292.9 334.2 3.84 9 600 4415 5.0 -7.0 41 12.0 -0.8 244 33 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.3 3.76 10 550 5116 -1.3 -9.2 55 7.9 -4.8 246 41 322.5 323.2 292.8 333.9 3.46 11 500 5867 -8.1 -11.8 75 3.7 -9.6 240 43 323.1 323.8 292.7 333.5 3.10 12 450 6675 -14.2 -19.7 63 5.5 -15.9 244 41 325.4 325.7 292.1 331.5 1.78 13 400 7557 -20.6 -25.0 68 4.3 -21.7 248 38 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.6 1.26 14 350 8531 -27.5 -42.7 22 15.2 -29.3 244 37 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 15 300 9623 -35.7 -52.3 17 16.6 -36.8 262 28 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10862 -46.2 -54.2 40 7.9 -46.6 285 41 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.10 17 200 12306 -56.9 -60.0 67 3.2 -56.9 288 36 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 18 150 14110 -58.1 -76.6 8 18.5 -58.3 265 36 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16651 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.3 -59.4 286 10 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.34 m Freezing level: 560.59 mb = 4967.70 m = 16298.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.58 mb = 4256.97 m = 13966.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.81 % Est. max temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.95 mb = 1576.91 m = 5173.51 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.14 C/km ThetaE index: 29.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.23 mb = 3297.37 m = 10818.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.39 C = 113.70 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -8.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 26.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3462.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.78 mb = 1928.85 m = 6328.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.78 mb = 4015.09 m = 13172.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.78 mb = 13713.95 m = 44992.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3408.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 343.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.11 Bulk Rich Number: 31.80 Bulk Shear: 108.88 m/s