MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.46,-103.44 Latitude: 47.46 Longitude: -103.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 457 SFC 924 709 31.7 17.6 43 14.2 21.6 105 5 311.9 314.5 297.5 354.3 13.81 3 900 939 29.6 15.7 43 13.9 19.9 122 12 312.0 314.4 296.8 350.6 12.56 4 850 1447 25.5 14.2 50 11.2 17.8 147 17 312.9 315.2 296.7 350.2 12.10 5 800 1977 20.7 12.9 61 7.7 15.4 169 19 313.2 315.4 296.5 349.6 11.81 6 750 2531 15.2 10.9 75 4.3 12.4 193 22 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.1 10.98 7 700 3110 9.2 7.3 88 1.8 8.0 212 29 312.6 314.4 294.6 341.2 9.23 8 650 3718 3.9 1.7 86 2.1 2.7 223 38 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.2 6.69 9 600 4366 1.1 -4.0 69 5.1 -1.4 231 49 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.6 4.75 10 550 5060 -3.2 -9.7 60 6.6 -6.0 235 56 320.3 321.0 292.0 331.2 3.32 11 500 5806 -8.6 -15.8 56 7.2 -11.2 238 58 322.5 323.0 291.7 330.1 2.23 12 450 6613 -14.5 -22.2 52 7.8 -16.7 240 58 325.1 325.3 291.7 330.0 1.43 13 400 7494 -20.2 -28.2 49 7.9 -22.0 244 57 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.1 0.94 14 350 8467 -27.4 -34.4 51 7.0 -28.5 244 52 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.59 15 300 9555 -35.6 -37.7 81 2.1 -35.9 246 47 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.0 0.49 16 250 10797 -44.5 -45.3 92 0.8 -44.6 264 39 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.27 17 200 12257 -54.5 -54.7 97 0.3 -54.5 306 40 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14064 -63.0 -63.9 88 1.0 -63.0 340 49 361.6 361.6 299.1 361.8 0.05 19 100 16598 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -56.0 225 23 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.76 m Freezing level: 587.22 mb = 4543.55 m = 14906.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.62 mb = 4131.91 m = 13555.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.22 mb = 2505.21 m = 8219.10 ft T: 15.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 24.27 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.80 mb = 2817.71 m = 9244.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 46.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2136.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.26 mb = 2766.21 m = 9075.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.26 mb = 2940.84 m = 9648.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.26 mb = 12772.07 m = 41902.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2132.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.39 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 226.58 m/s