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: 47.55,-96.58 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 968 284 31.8 22.6 58 9.2 25.0 169 16 307.7 311.1 299.2 362.5 18.10 2 950 454 31.0 21.1 56 9.8 23.8 174 27 308.6 311.8 298.7 359.7 16.85 3 900 937 26.9 19.5 64 7.4 21.5 184 33 309.2 312.2 298.3 358.0 16.06 4 850 1440 23.1 17.4 70 5.7 19.1 203 34 310.3 313.1 297.8 355.8 14.89 5 800 1967 20.5 12.7 61 7.8 15.3 231 34 313.0 315.2 296.4 349.0 11.65 6 750 2524 19.5 1.0 29 18.5 9.0 240 38 317.8 318.9 293.2 335.4 5.50 7 700 3114 16.6 -10.7 14 27.3 3.9 230 37 320.8 321.3 291.4 328.9 2.40 8 650 3737 11.3 -14.0 16 25.2 0.5 224 36 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 2.00 9 600 4398 5.4 -18.0 17 23.4 -3.4 229 38 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.7 1.55 10 550 5100 -0.6 -21.2 19 20.6 -7.5 232 43 323.4 323.7 291.1 327.9 1.28 11 500 5852 -7.1 -24.5 24 17.4 -12.2 237 44 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.1 1.05 12 450 6664 -12.6 -29.8 22 17.2 -16.7 250 41 327.4 327.5 291.7 330.0 0.72 13 400 7552 -18.4 -39.9 13 21.5 -22.0 250 39 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.30 14 350 8534 -26.1 -35.9 39 9.8 -27.6 249 34 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.5 0.51 15 300 9629 -34.7 -41.7 49 7.1 -35.4 251 31 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.8 0.33 16 250 10874 -44.8 -52.0 44 7.2 -45.2 270 35 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 17 200 12327 -56.4 -61.8 51 5.3 -56.5 290 26 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14106 -64.4 -68.4 58 4.0 -64.4 281 23 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.03 19 100 16641 -59.9 -84.5 3 24.6 -60.2 272 12 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.35 m Freezing level: 554.74 mb = 5033.44 m = 16513.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3825.02 m = 12549.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.12 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.35 mb = 1456.73 m = 4779.23 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 34.75 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.11 mb = 3221.31 m = 10568.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.89 C = 112.81 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 20.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3156.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.86 mb = 1806.99 m = 5928.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.86 mb = 3996.98 m = 13113.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.86 mb = 14111.49 m = 46296.97 ft B at Equ Level: 3137.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.4 neg: -25.3 tot: 277.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.77 Bulk Rich Number: 30.32 Bulk Shear: 104.10 m/s