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: 47.5,-98.3 Latitude: 47.50 Longitude: -98.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 964 448 20.6 15.7 74 4.9 17.4 125 7 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.7 11.72 2 950 576 18.2 14.9 81 3.3 16.1 127 9 295.7 297.7 291.2 328.2 11.29 3 900 1037 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 135 10 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.2 11.06 4 850 1520 12.5 11.3 92 1.2 11.7 145 10 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.3 9.93 5 800 2027 10.0 8.5 91 1.4 9.1 143 8 301.8 303.4 291.1 327.8 8.76 6 750 2563 7.5 5.7 88 1.8 6.5 134 5 304.8 306.2 291.1 327.9 7.69 7 700 3129 4.9 1.5 79 3.4 3.1 119 6 307.9 309.1 290.7 326.7 6.12 8 650 3730 1.1 -2.2 78 3.3 -0.6 117 5 310.2 311.1 290.5 325.7 4.99 9 600 4371 -1.5 -6.9 67 5.3 -3.9 100 8 314.4 315.1 290.7 326.6 3.81 10 550 5061 -4.9 -11.5 60 6.7 -7.5 107 5 318.3 318.9 291.1 327.8 2.88 11 500 5804 -9.5 -22.2 35 12.7 -13.2 38 3 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.0 1.29 12 450 6608 -15.0 -36.3 14 21.3 -19.0 12 6 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 13 400 7489 -21.0 -58.6 2 37.6 -24.4 55 10 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.04 14 350 8461 -27.8 -38.9 34 11.1 -29.3 5 9 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.7 0.38 15 300 9548 -37.2 -40.5 71 3.3 -37.5 311 6 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.37 16 250 10779 -47.4 -48.3 90 0.9 -47.4 345 23 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.19 17 200 12221 -55.3 -61.5 46 6.2 -55.4 319 17 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14065 -55.1 -79.6 3 24.5 -55.4 339 15 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16629 -59.0 -84.9 2 25.9 -59.4 19 11 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.98 m Freezing level: 629.38 mb = 3994.56 m = 13105.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3635.01 m = 11925.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.30 mb = 1062.46 m = 3485.71 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1346.90 m = 4418.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.52 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 29.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6170.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.75 mb = 1143.34 m = 3751.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.2 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 148.2 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.14 Bulk Shear: 1.14 m/s