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: 47.41,-102.96 Latitude: 47.41 Longitude: -102.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 1 950 446 SFC 918 740 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.2 34 5 303.2 306.1 296.4 348.9 15.39 3 900 918 24.0 18.5 71 5.5 20.1 68 10 306.3 309.1 297.0 351.5 15.09 4 850 1417 21.4 17.6 79 3.9 18.7 133 19 308.6 311.4 297.5 354.3 15.06 5 800 1943 19.7 15.9 79 3.7 17.0 161 31 312.1 314.8 298.0 356.3 14.36 6 750 2501 20.3 6.7 41 13.5 11.8 187 43 318.6 320.2 295.4 344.8 8.26 7 700 3092 15.9 0.7 36 15.1 7.2 201 42 320.1 321.2 294.0 338.6 5.77 8 650 3715 10.1 -1.7 44 11.8 3.7 212 39 320.4 321.4 293.6 337.1 5.18 9 600 4374 4.6 -5.1 49 9.7 -0.2 216 37 321.4 322.3 293.3 335.7 4.38 10 550 5076 -1.3 -9.6 53 8.3 -5.0 216 39 322.5 323.2 292.7 333.7 3.36 11 500 5826 -7.3 -13.6 60 6.4 -9.8 220 44 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.2 2.67 12 450 6639 -12.9 -19.8 56 6.9 -15.1 232 43 327.1 327.4 292.6 333.2 1.77 13 400 7525 -18.3 -26.4 49 8.1 -20.3 240 46 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.2 1.11 14 350 8508 -25.6 -35.0 41 9.5 -27.2 244 45 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.56 15 300 9603 -34.9 -41.5 51 6.6 -35.6 244 44 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.33 16 250 10847 -44.8 -50.6 53 5.7 -45.2 248 40 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.15 17 200 12299 -56.3 -57.9 82 1.6 -56.3 246 32 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.08 18 150 14084 -63.9 -68.0 57 4.1 -64.0 224 18 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.03 19 100 16626 -57.1 -84.8 2 27.7 -57.5 266 11 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.99 m Freezing level: 561.02 mb = 4921.06 m = 16145.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.73 mb = 4336.77 m = 14228.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.39 % Est. max temperature: 35.38 C = 95.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.27 mb = 1201.25 m = 3941.06 ft T: 22.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.25 mb = 3270.72 m = 10730.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.31 C = 102.77 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 31.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2156.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.43 mb = 1798.48 m = 5900.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.43 mb = 4125.00 m = 13533.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.43 mb = 13365.27 m = 43848.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2151.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 652.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 652.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.83 Bulk Shear: 244.32 m/s