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: 47.89,-98.31 Latitude: 47.89 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 1 950 431 SFC 948 451 35.1 17.3 35 17.8 22.5 210 9 313.0 315.6 297.5 353.9 13.25 3 900 919 31.4 14.2 35 17.3 19.5 218 18 313.9 316.0 296.4 349.0 11.35 4 850 1428 26.7 12.7 42 14.0 17.2 222 21 314.1 316.2 296.2 348.1 10.94 5 800 1960 21.8 11.2 51 10.6 14.8 223 24 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.2 10.53 6 750 2515 16.9 9.1 60 7.8 11.9 225 26 314.9 316.8 295.6 345.3 9.75 7 700 3101 14.4 -4.2 27 18.6 4.8 259 32 318.4 319.2 292.1 331.4 4.00 8 650 3721 9.6 -8.1 28 17.6 1.3 254 37 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.21 9 600 4378 4.0 -11.2 32 15.1 -2.6 246 39 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.7 2.71 10 550 5077 -1.1 -20.9 20 19.9 -7.7 240 44 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.31 11 500 5830 -6.2 -24.7 22 18.5 -11.7 245 48 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.1 1.03 12 450 6644 -12.4 -29.4 23 17.0 -16.6 243 44 327.6 327.8 291.8 330.3 0.74 13 400 7533 -18.3 -38.8 15 20.5 -21.8 238 48 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 14 350 8515 -25.5 -33.7 46 8.3 -26.9 241 40 334.4 334.6 293.5 336.8 0.63 15 300 9614 -34.2 -42.9 41 8.7 -35.1 251 36 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.29 16 250 10861 -44.7 -51.1 49 6.4 -45.0 255 34 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.14 17 200 12316 -55.8 -62.0 46 6.2 -56.0 266 26 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14098 -65.0 -67.7 68 2.8 -65.0 248 21 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.03 19 100 16636 -58.5 -84.7 2 26.1 -58.9 260 14 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.78 m Freezing level: 560.53 mb = 4929.85 m = 16173.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3927.31 m = 12884.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.69 % Est. max temperature: 36.51 C = 97.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.77 mb = 2700.97 m = 8861.35 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 26.56 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.17 mb = 3705.56 m = 12157.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.74 C = 107.13 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.96 C K Index: 27.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.45 mb = 3022.84 m = 9917.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.45 mb = 4222.43 m = 13852.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.45 mb = 13270.02 m = 43536.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1461.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.45 mb = 15957.48 m = 52353.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 147.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 23.30 Bulk Shear: 63.63 m/s