MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.7,-97.63 Latitude: 47.70 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 961 348 30.1 21.2 59 8.9 23.6 176 17 306.8 309.9 298.1 357.1 16.72 2 950 446 30.3 21.0 58 9.3 23.5 178 25 307.9 311.0 298.4 358.3 16.66 3 900 929 28.0 19.4 60 8.5 21.8 193 41 310.3 313.3 298.5 359.1 15.98 4 850 1438 29.1 12.0 35 17.1 17.6 220 37 316.6 318.7 296.5 349.4 10.44 5 800 1974 25.2 8.2 34 17.0 14.3 228 30 318.0 319.6 295.5 345.0 8.54 6 750 2536 20.1 5.0 37 15.1 10.9 235 25 318.4 319.8 294.7 341.6 7.31 7 700 3125 14.8 2.3 43 12.5 7.5 238 27 318.9 320.1 294.2 339.5 6.46 8 650 3746 9.6 -1.7 45 11.2 3.5 239 29 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.6 5.21 9 600 4404 3.9 -5.0 52 8.9 -0.5 243 32 320.7 321.5 293.1 335.0 4.41 10 550 5104 -2.0 -7.3 67 5.3 -4.4 251 41 321.8 322.6 293.0 335.0 4.03 11 500 5853 -8.2 -12.6 71 4.4 -9.9 249 45 323.0 323.6 292.4 332.7 2.91 12 450 6663 -13.3 -28.8 26 15.5 -17.0 244 41 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.3 0.79 13 400 7549 -18.9 -34.7 23 15.8 -21.9 241 42 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.3 0.50 14 350 8529 -26.3 -44.0 17 17.8 -28.4 237 38 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.22 15 300 9622 -35.7 -42.7 49 7.0 -36.4 244 40 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.2 0.30 16 250 10862 -45.5 -46.5 89 1.0 -45.5 258 39 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.4 0.23 17 200 12311 -56.4 -60.1 63 3.7 -56.5 247 22 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14107 -61.6 -69.7 33 8.2 -61.7 244 31 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.02 19 100 16651 -58.6 -84.5 2 25.9 -59.0 181 7 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.51 m Freezing level: 566.62 mb = 4871.00 m = 15980.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.28 mb = 4318.21 m = 14167.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.88 % Est. max temperature: 40.93 C = 105.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.42 mb = 1496.45 m = 4909.54 ft T: 28.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 29.76 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.29 mb = 3121.50 m = 10241.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.07 C = 107.73 F Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3064.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 379.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.44 mb = 2123.09 m = 6965.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.44 mb = 3727.55 m = 12229.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.44 mb = 13648.09 m = 44776.65 ft B at Equ Level: 3046.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.4 neg: -25.7 tot: 322.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.51 Bulk Rich Number: 31.08 Bulk Shear: 98.62 m/s