MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-99.26 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 488 SFC 950 489 20.4 18.3 88 2.1 19.0 41 8 297.9 300.5 294.0 338.8 14.07 3 900 957 21.6 13.8 61 7.9 16.4 46 22 303.8 305.9 293.5 336.8 11.07 4 850 1452 19.1 15.1 78 3.9 16.4 90 13 306.1 308.5 295.4 344.7 12.84 5 800 1976 20.1 13.2 65 6.9 15.4 181 20 312.5 314.8 296.5 349.5 11.99 6 750 2530 16.4 10.0 66 6.4 12.2 195 21 314.3 316.3 295.8 346.5 10.34 7 700 3113 12.2 6.8 70 5.4 8.8 211 24 316.0 317.7 295.2 343.8 8.87 8 650 3731 8.1 3.9 75 4.2 5.6 224 30 318.1 319.6 295.0 342.8 7.80 9 600 4387 3.6 -1.6 69 5.1 0.8 234 34 320.2 321.4 294.0 338.6 5.69 10 550 5087 -1.6 -8.8 58 7.2 -4.8 239 34 322.1 322.9 292.8 334.0 3.58 11 500 5838 -7.1 -13.6 60 6.5 -9.6 238 37 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.4 2.68 12 450 6651 -12.4 -19.5 55 7.2 -14.7 237 37 327.7 328.0 292.8 333.9 1.81 13 400 7541 -17.9 -25.1 53 7.3 -19.8 232 39 331.8 332.0 293.4 336.2 1.24 14 350 8527 -23.8 -26.6 78 2.8 -24.5 240 44 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.2 1.24 15 300 9633 -32.4 -33.6 89 1.2 -32.6 237 52 339.6 339.8 294.9 342.5 0.75 16 250 10891 -42.6 -44.2 84 1.7 -42.7 246 46 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.0 0.30 17 200 12359 -54.2 -57.8 64 3.6 -54.3 248 36 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14142 -67.4 -69.6 73 2.2 -67.4 221 28 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 19 100 16635 -59.0 -84.8 2 25.8 -59.4 258 15 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.87 m Freezing level: 565.70 mb = 4867.47 m = 15969.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.61 mb = 4487.00 m = 14720.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.69 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.91 mb = 758.06 m = 2487.03 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.09 mb = 3256.48 m = 10683.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.68 C = 101.63 F Cap Strength: 7.39 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 578.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.80 mb = 1659.86 m = 5445.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.80 mb = 5918.72 m = 19418.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.80 mb = 7266.43 m = 23839.71 ft B at Equ Level: 39.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.80 mb = 8634.72 m = 28328.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.4 neg: -23.3 tot: 381.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 241.44 m/s