MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.43,-99.92 Latitude: 47.43 Longitude: -99.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 951 564 19.8 16.1 79 3.7 17.4 134 6 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.6 12.21 2 950 570 19.1 15.9 82 3.2 17.0 134 6 296.6 298.8 292.1 331.4 12.05 3 900 1032 14.7 14.6 100 0.1 14.7 134 8 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.5 11.72 4 850 1515 12.9 12.3 96 0.7 12.5 134 7 299.7 301.6 291.9 330.8 10.61 5 800 2023 10.4 9.2 92 1.3 9.7 128 3 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.5 9.15 6 750 2560 8.7 4.5 75 4.2 6.3 24 3 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.3 7.03 7 700 3129 6.0 -1.1 60 7.1 2.4 3 4 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.9 5.06 8 650 3732 3.1 -11.1 34 14.2 -2.7 335 8 312.5 313.0 288.9 320.7 2.52 9 600 4376 -0.8 -21.8 19 21.0 -7.4 337 8 315.2 315.4 288.4 319.0 1.11 10 550 5064 -5.1 -23.3 23 18.2 -10.5 346 4 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.6 1.06 11 500 5806 -9.8 -22.1 36 12.2 -13.4 48 2 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.6 1.31 12 450 6610 -15.4 -27.3 35 11.9 -18.3 30 8 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.1 0.91 13 400 7490 -20.5 -42.9 12 22.4 -23.7 40 6 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 14 350 8465 -27.4 -40.5 28 13.1 -29.1 338 4 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.32 15 300 9553 -36.5 -40.8 64 4.3 -37.0 349 12 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 16 250 10788 -46.8 -50.8 64 4.0 -47.0 353 20 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12229 -56.6 -60.1 65 3.5 -56.7 310 9 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14071 -53.8 -80.1 3 26.3 -54.2 347 13 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16639 -60.2 -84.6 3 24.4 -60.5 17 14 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.86 m Freezing level: 610.06 mb = 4246.34 m = 13931.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3404.77 m = 11170.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.79 mb = 1033.83 m = 3391.78 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1194.79 m = 3919.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.25 C = 68.45 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 27.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5803.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.61 mb = 1158.47 m = 3800.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.3 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 54.3 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 14.14 m/s