MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.15,-97.92 Latitude: 48.15 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 952 422 30.3 20.2 55 10.1 23.0 273 21 307.8 310.7 297.8 355.7 15.88 2 950 441 29.3 19.8 57 9.4 22.5 272 21 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.6 15.51 3 900 919 24.1 18.6 72 5.5 20.2 272 28 306.3 309.2 297.0 351.9 15.18 4 850 1417 19.7 17.6 88 2.1 18.2 268 23 306.8 309.6 297.1 352.1 15.07 5 800 1938 16.7 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 241 14 309.0 311.7 297.1 352.1 14.22 6 750 2490 18.0 2.8 36 15.2 9.2 220 27 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.9 6.26 7 700 3076 14.0 -5.7 25 19.6 4.2 221 31 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.6 3.58 8 650 3694 9.2 -8.8 27 18.1 0.8 214 39 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.3 3.01 9 600 4351 4.2 -11.3 31 15.5 -2.5 206 46 321.0 321.5 291.7 329.9 2.68 10 550 5051 -1.8 -10.9 50 9.1 -5.7 200 50 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.0 3.03 11 500 5801 -7.9 -13.1 66 5.2 -9.9 204 63 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.7 2.79 12 450 6609 -14.8 -17.6 79 2.8 -15.7 210 71 324.6 325.1 292.2 331.9 2.13 13 400 7490 -20.6 -25.7 64 5.1 -21.8 213 68 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.4 1.18 14 350 8465 -27.3 -31.1 70 3.8 -28.0 213 66 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.9 0.82 15 300 9555 -35.7 -38.3 77 2.6 -36.0 211 63 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.47 16 250 10794 -46.4 -47.2 92 0.8 -46.4 212 62 337.1 337.2 293.8 338.0 0.22 17 200 12239 -56.3 -60.8 56 4.6 -56.4 219 66 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14059 -56.2 -78.3 5 22.1 -56.5 221 56 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16624 -58.0 -84.7 2 26.7 -58.3 221 18 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.17 m Freezing level: 565.05 mb = 4840.51 m = 15880.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3854.67 m = 12646.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.85 mb = 1695.64 m = 5563.07 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.80 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1908.31 m = 6260.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 25.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2353.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.06 mb = 1630.96 m = 5350.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.06 mb = 4028.50 m = 13216.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.06 mb = 13117.79 m = 43036.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2298.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.3 neg: -23.3 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 17.12 Bulk Shear: 137.47 m/s