MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.26,-102.80 Latitude: 47.26 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 1 950 435 SFC 919 725 24.5 19.2 73 5.2 20.8 115 8 304.9 307.7 296.8 351.0 15.46 3 900 909 24.7 18.7 69 6.0 20.4 119 18 307.0 309.8 297.3 352.8 15.22 4 850 1410 23.2 17.2 69 6.0 18.9 152 33 310.4 313.2 297.7 355.2 14.68 5 800 1940 23.6 12.3 49 11.3 16.0 177 38 316.3 318.5 297.0 351.7 11.31 6 750 2502 21.7 3.3 30 18.4 10.7 193 42 320.1 321.4 294.6 340.9 6.48 7 700 3095 16.9 -1.4 29 18.3 6.8 204 38 321.2 322.2 293.6 337.3 4.94 8 650 3720 11.0 -3.7 35 14.7 3.3 213 36 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.1 4.48 9 600 4381 5.1 -6.5 43 11.6 -0.6 219 33 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.9 3.91 10 550 5083 -1.1 -10.1 50 9.0 -5.1 220 35 322.7 323.4 292.6 333.5 3.22 11 500 5834 -7.4 -14.0 59 6.6 -9.9 223 41 324.0 324.6 292.4 332.8 2.60 12 450 6645 -13.2 -19.5 59 6.3 -15.2 228 40 326.7 327.1 292.5 333.0 1.81 13 400 7531 -18.8 -27.0 48 8.2 -20.8 241 44 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.3 1.05 14 350 8513 -25.7 -37.8 31 12.2 -27.5 245 44 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 15 300 9608 -35.2 -44.8 37 9.6 -36.1 246 45 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.23 16 250 10850 -45.3 -53.1 41 7.9 -45.6 249 41 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.11 17 200 12302 -56.2 -58.8 72 2.6 -56.3 250 35 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.07 18 150 14087 -63.4 -68.4 51 5.0 -63.5 231 22 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.03 19 100 16629 -57.2 -84.8 2 27.6 -57.6 263 11 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.63 m Freezing level: 559.04 mb = 4955.79 m = 16258.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.27 mb = 4281.18 m = 14045.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.60 % Est. max temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.85 mb = 1391.01 m = 4563.63 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.92 mb = 3465.43 m = 11369.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.53 C = 104.96 F Cap Strength: 7.59 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.33 C Showalter Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 29.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2313.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 430.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.88 mb = 2051.30 m = 6729.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.88 mb = 4313.60 m = 14152.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.88 mb = 13499.97 m = 44290.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2295.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 235.1 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 554.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 554.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.67 Bulk Rich Number: 12.95 Bulk Shear: 178.61 m/s