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: 47.41,-98.47 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 1 950 434 SFC 948 451 35.3 16.3 32 19.1 21.9 242 10 313.2 315.6 296.9 351.4 12.35 3 900 924 32.0 12.4 30 19.7 18.8 245 20 314.5 316.5 295.7 345.9 10.07 4 850 1433 27.5 10.0 33 17.5 16.1 238 21 315.0 316.7 295.1 343.5 9.11 5 800 1966 23.1 7.2 36 15.9 13.1 225 21 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.0 8.01 6 750 2524 19.1 1.6 31 17.5 9.0 237 22 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.6 5.74 7 700 3112 15.1 -7.5 20 22.7 4.1 258 29 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.5 3.10 8 650 3732 9.7 -8.6 27 18.3 1.1 249 34 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.07 9 600 4389 4.0 -13.8 26 17.8 -3.3 245 37 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.20 10 550 5089 -1.0 -20.3 21 19.4 -7.6 242 43 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.7 1.38 11 500 5841 -6.8 -23.7 25 16.9 -11.8 246 46 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.8 1.13 12 450 6654 -12.4 -31.0 20 18.6 -16.7 247 44 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.64 13 400 7543 -18.5 -40.4 13 21.9 -22.0 238 45 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.28 14 350 8525 -25.5 -35.1 40 9.6 -27.1 242 38 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.55 15 300 9624 -34.1 -41.2 49 7.0 -34.9 251 32 337.3 337.3 294.0 338.6 0.35 16 250 10870 -45.0 -49.1 64 4.0 -45.3 257 36 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 17 200 12321 -56.6 -60.1 64 3.5 -56.7 259 30 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14100 -63.5 -68.9 48 5.4 -63.6 254 24 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.02 19 100 16636 -58.9 -84.5 2 25.6 -59.2 254 16 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.73 m Freezing level: 559.58 mb = 4955.30 m = 16257.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.11 mb = 3896.72 m = 12784.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.44 % Est. max temperature: 37.93 C = 100.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.35 mb = 2867.49 m = 9407.66 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.30 mb = 3997.97 m = 13116.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.30 C = 108.15 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.31 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 21.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.90 mb = 3331.06 m = 10928.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.90 mb = 4705.19 m = 15436.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.90 mb = 12739.90 m = 41797.06 ft B at Equ Level: 977.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.90 mb = 15146.43 m = 49692.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 28.27 Bulk Shear: 34.90 m/s