MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.75,-98.86 Latitude: 47.75 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 950 458 26.2 22.5 80 3.8 23.5 133 15 303.8 307.2 298.4 358.3 18.30 2 950 459 26.5 22.5 79 4.0 23.6 134 14 304.1 307.5 298.5 358.8 18.36 3 900 938 25.6 20.5 74 5.1 21.9 153 35 307.9 311.1 298.6 359.6 17.11 4 850 1440 23.1 17.4 70 5.7 19.1 153 30 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.8 14.90 5 800 1968 20.6 13.7 64 6.9 15.9 164 26 313.1 315.5 296.9 351.3 12.38 6 750 2524 17.8 9.1 57 8.7 12.2 182 25 315.9 317.8 295.8 346.3 9.71 7 700 3111 14.1 5.2 55 8.8 8.7 196 23 318.1 319.6 295.1 343.4 7.98 8 650 3732 9.2 0.2 53 9.1 4.2 206 26 319.4 320.6 294.0 338.6 5.98 9 600 4389 4.1 -10.3 34 14.4 -2.3 198 32 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.6 2.92 10 550 5089 -2.0 -14.1 39 12.2 -6.7 199 36 321.8 322.2 291.6 329.6 2.33 11 500 5836 -9.1 -13.8 68 4.8 -10.9 204 37 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.8 2.63 12 450 6641 -15.4 -17.5 84 2.1 -16.1 211 34 323.9 324.3 292.0 331.2 2.15 13 400 7522 -20.6 -23.6 77 2.9 -21.4 235 34 328.2 328.4 292.6 333.2 1.43 14 350 8496 -27.3 -36.5 42 9.1 -28.7 250 30 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 15 300 9585 -36.1 -45.5 37 9.5 -36.9 254 37 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.22 16 250 10823 -46.6 -50.5 64 3.9 -46.7 248 36 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.15 17 200 12270 -56.2 -57.5 86 1.2 -56.2 292 23 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 18 150 14060 -58.4 -71.8 16 13.4 -58.6 241 31 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.02 19 100 16629 -57.7 -84.8 2 27.0 -58.1 250 21 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.97 m Freezing level: 566.15 mb = 4862.64 m = 15953.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.57 mb = 4151.95 m = 13621.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.88 % Est. max temperature: 35.41 C = 95.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.46 mb = 942.86 m = 3093.35 ft T: 25.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 30.03 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2626.58 m = 8617.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.57 C = 101.43 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -8.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 40.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3512.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.73 mb = 1577.20 m = 5174.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.73 mb = 3581.91 m = 11751.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.73 mb = 13591.46 m = 44590.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3467.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 218.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.5 neg: -19.3 tot: 157.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 68.87 Bulk Shear: 51.00 m/s