MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-97.44 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 963 316 24.8 23.0 89 1.9 23.5 145 15 301.2 304.6 297.9 356.1 18.63 2 950 434 24.4 22.6 90 1.8 23.1 147 24 301.9 305.4 298.0 356.7 18.52 3 900 909 25.0 18.4 67 6.6 20.3 172 36 307.3 310.1 297.1 352.3 14.94 4 850 1412 24.3 14.5 54 9.8 17.5 188 35 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.3 12.30 5 800 1941 21.9 10.9 50 11.0 14.7 197 38 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.5 10.29 6 750 2499 19.0 5.7 42 13.3 10.8 196 39 317.2 318.7 294.7 341.4 7.67 7 700 3088 15.3 2.2 41 13.1 7.6 201 40 319.4 320.7 294.3 340.0 6.41 8 650 3710 9.9 0.6 52 9.3 4.6 205 43 320.2 321.4 294.3 340.0 6.17 9 600 4369 3.9 -2.6 62 6.6 0.5 208 46 320.7 321.7 293.7 337.8 5.27 10 550 5068 -3.0 -4.8 88 1.7 -3.9 208 48 320.5 321.4 293.4 336.3 4.89 11 500 5816 -8.3 -9.3 93 1.0 -8.8 204 48 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.4 3.78 12 450 6624 -15.1 -16.0 93 0.8 -15.4 204 45 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.45 13 400 7504 -20.7 -22.5 85 1.8 -21.2 206 37 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.6 1.57 14 350 8478 -27.7 -32.8 62 5.1 -28.6 203 30 331.4 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.69 15 300 9567 -36.1 -41.8 55 5.8 -36.7 222 41 334.6 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.32 16 250 10808 -45.4 -53.3 41 7.9 -45.7 230 17 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.11 17 200 12266 -55.2 -56.4 86 1.2 -55.2 313 50 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.09 18 150 14068 -62.7 -67.4 53 4.7 -62.8 306 26 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.03 19 100 16624 -57.3 -84.9 2 27.6 -57.7 259 14 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.10 m Freezing level: 571.77 mb = 4763.37 m = 15627.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4443.48 m = 14578.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.63 % Est. max temperature: 37.21 C = 98.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.72 mb = 548.54 m = 1799.66 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.56 mb = 3068.96 m = 10068.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.78 C = 109.01 F Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.74 C Showalter Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2595.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 393.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.71 mb = 1456.40 m = 4778.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.71 mb = 4089.55 m = 13416.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.71 mb = 13257.54 m = 43495.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2582.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.9 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 228.9 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.91 Bulk Rich Number: 24.77 Bulk Shear: 104.76 m/s