MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.95,-98.72 Latitude: 47.95 Longitude: -98.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 959 454 31.2 18.9 48 12.3 22.4 70 5 308.0 310.7 297.0 351.7 14.45 2 950 539 28.9 18.1 52 10.8 21.3 74 4 306.5 309.1 296.3 348.3 13.91 3 900 1016 24.0 17.1 65 6.9 19.2 85 4 306.3 308.9 296.1 347.6 13.77 4 850 1514 19.4 15.8 80 3.5 17.0 96 2 306.5 309.0 295.9 346.8 13.44 5 800 2033 17.0 9.6 62 7.4 12.3 285 5 309.2 311.0 293.8 338.0 9.43 6 750 2581 13.9 1.1 42 12.8 6.8 282 12 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.53 7 700 3159 10.3 -4.1 36 14.3 3.1 282 21 313.9 314.6 290.8 326.8 4.04 8 650 3771 6.0 -5.1 45 11.1 0.6 288 24 315.8 316.5 291.3 328.7 4.03 9 600 4421 1.4 -9.2 45 10.6 -3.3 288 25 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.0 3.16 10 550 5115 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.8 -7.7 276 33 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.5 2.17 11 500 5862 -8.5 -20.3 38 11.7 -12.3 275 35 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.9 1.52 12 450 6668 -14.8 -24.3 44 9.6 -17.3 272 34 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.19 13 400 7549 -21.1 -33.2 33 12.2 -23.3 278 32 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.7 0.58 14 350 8520 -28.1 -43.1 23 14.9 -29.9 271 30 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 15 300 9605 -37.3 -46.2 39 8.9 -38.1 262 39 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.20 16 250 10837 -47.0 -47.3 96 0.4 -47.0 266 52 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 17 200 12279 -56.9 -62.5 49 5.6 -57.0 262 52 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14085 -58.5 -77.1 7 18.6 -58.7 267 50 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16635 -57.6 -84.8 2 27.2 -58.0 247 20 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.59 m Freezing level: 585.12 mb = 4627.28 m = 15181.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.29 mb = 3867.69 m = 12689.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.47 mb = 2007.00 m = 6584.58 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 24.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2469.28 m = 8101.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1955.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.47 mb = 1911.33 m = 6270.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.47 mb = 3319.76 m = 10891.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.47 mb = 12718.56 m = 41727.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1942.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.47 mb = 15675.71 m = 51428.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.9 neg: -11.2 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 26.29 Bulk Shear: 74.39 m/s