MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-97.47 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -97.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 975 320 19.4 15.3 77 4.1 16.7 153 14 294.6 296.6 290.8 326.9 11.27 2 950 546 18.3 14.8 80 3.5 16.1 158 27 295.8 297.8 291.2 328.1 11.23 3 900 1012 20.3 13.2 63 7.2 15.7 190 33 302.5 304.4 292.8 334.0 10.64 4 850 1506 20.2 9.9 52 10.2 13.7 206 28 307.3 309.0 293.0 334.8 9.07 5 800 2027 17.9 8.7 55 9.2 12.1 215 19 310.2 311.9 293.7 337.4 8.87 6 750 2577 14.4 7.2 62 7.3 10.0 229 9 312.2 313.9 294.0 338.5 8.50 7 700 3157 10.8 4.3 64 6.5 6.9 234 10 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.7 7.45 8 650 3770 6.2 -0.3 63 6.4 2.7 244 13 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.78 9 600 4421 2.3 -14.2 28 16.5 -4.2 262 14 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.9 2.12 10 550 5118 -2.4 -14.8 38 12.4 -7.1 295 14 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.21 11 500 5866 -8.6 -13.1 70 4.5 -10.4 289 13 322.5 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.78 12 450 6675 -13.5 -15.0 88 1.5 -14.0 258 14 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.3 2.65 13 400 7562 -18.2 -26.9 46 8.7 -20.4 271 18 331.3 331.5 293.1 335.1 1.05 14 350 8545 -25.5 -28.2 78 2.7 -26.1 286 25 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.3 1.07 15 300 9645 -33.5 -43.3 37 9.7 -34.6 282 38 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.2 0.28 16 250 10894 -44.2 -51.0 47 6.8 -44.6 280 37 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.14 17 200 12362 -52.9 -67.9 15 14.9 -53.2 278 48 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14166 -63.7 -75.1 20 11.4 -63.8 281 43 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.4 283 14 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.50 m Freezing level: 575.17 mb = 4767.18 m = 15640.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.37 mb = 4019.43 m = 13186.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.35 % Est. max temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.57 mb = 835.83 m = 2742.19 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.65 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.69 mb = 3351.67 m = 10996.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.51 C = 103.12 F Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.06 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6867.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.20 mb = 1503.69 m = 4933.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.1 neg: -20.7 tot: 218.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 72.59 m/s