MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.34,-96.42 Latitude: 47.34 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 967 304 31.2 22.8 61 8.4 24.9 169 17 307.3 310.7 299.2 362.6 18.34 2 950 459 30.4 21.5 59 8.9 23.9 174 28 308.0 311.3 298.7 360.2 17.24 3 900 941 26.3 19.9 68 6.4 21.7 184 34 308.6 311.7 298.4 358.6 16.50 4 850 1443 22.8 17.6 73 5.2 19.1 206 34 310.0 312.9 297.9 356.0 15.09 5 800 1971 20.8 12.2 58 8.6 15.1 236 34 313.4 315.5 296.2 348.1 11.24 6 750 2528 20.5 -2.5 21 23.0 8.0 241 37 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.5 4.24 7 700 3119 16.9 -11.6 13 28.5 3.8 229 36 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.7 2.24 8 650 3744 11.5 -13.8 16 25.3 0.7 225 36 321.9 322.3 291.4 328.8 2.02 9 600 4404 5.6 -16.7 18 22.3 -3.1 230 38 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.5 1.73 10 550 5107 -0.7 -17.6 27 16.9 -6.9 230 42 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.3 1.75 11 500 5858 -7.4 -21.0 33 13.7 -11.7 236 43 324.1 324.3 291.5 329.0 1.43 12 450 6670 -12.7 -30.3 21 17.6 -16.9 250 39 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.68 13 400 7558 -18.5 -40.2 13 21.7 -22.0 250 37 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.29 14 350 8539 -26.2 -37.9 33 11.7 -28.0 250 34 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.42 15 300 9633 -34.9 -40.9 54 6.0 -35.5 250 29 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.6 0.36 16 250 10878 -45.0 -51.2 50 6.2 -45.3 274 34 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.14 17 200 12329 -56.7 -61.6 53 5.0 -56.8 292 27 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14108 -64.1 -68.6 54 4.4 -64.1 280 24 359.6 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.03 19 100 16643 -59.8 -84.5 3 24.7 -60.1 273 13 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.98 m Freezing level: 555.41 mb = 5030.80 m = 16505.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.14 mb = 3856.78 m = 12653.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.43 % Est. max temperature: 36.08 C = 96.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.94 mb = 1371.81 m = 4500.63 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 33.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.21 mb = 3225.81 m = 10583.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.09 C = 113.16 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: -7.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 19.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3281.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 284.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.84 mb = 1704.67 m = 5592.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.84 mb = 4135.67 m = 13568.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.84 mb = 14115.03 m = 46308.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3261.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.2 neg: -25.0 tot: 284.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.24 Bulk Rich Number: 31.47 Bulk Shear: 104.28 m/s