MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.01,-100.83 Latitude: 47.01 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 520 SFC 943 583 24.7 19.6 73 5.1 21.1 126 12 302.9 305.7 296.3 348.4 15.38 3 900 993 22.6 16.7 70 5.8 18.5 144 27 304.8 307.3 295.5 344.9 13.44 4 850 1490 20.5 15.2 71 5.3 16.8 176 27 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.4 12.85 5 800 2012 17.2 13.1 77 4.1 14.4 207 26 309.5 311.7 295.7 345.7 11.91 6 750 2560 12.9 10.8 87 2.1 11.5 223 27 310.6 312.6 295.3 343.9 10.90 7 700 3138 10.4 0.8 52 9.6 5.1 255 24 314.0 315.1 292.3 332.3 5.81 8 650 3751 6.4 -7.5 36 13.9 -0.1 265 29 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.0 3.34 9 600 4400 0.9 -10.9 41 11.8 -4.1 257 31 317.1 317.7 290.6 326.2 2.77 10 550 5092 -4.2 -20.2 27 16.0 -9.4 239 31 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.9 1.40 11 500 5835 -9.9 -23.4 32 13.5 -13.7 236 37 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.0 1.16 12 450 6639 -15.6 -26.7 38 11.1 -18.3 235 31 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.96 13 400 7516 -22.2 -29.0 54 6.8 -23.6 240 32 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.2 0.87 14 350 8484 -28.3 -50.6 10 22.3 -30.3 247 39 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9570 -37.1 -51.2 22 14.1 -38.1 260 43 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 16 250 10804 -46.6 -55.3 36 8.7 -46.9 243 23 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12254 -55.0 -59.2 60 4.1 -55.2 183 13 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14085 -54.5 -79.0 3 24.5 -54.9 222 21 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.2 0.01 19 100 16666 -57.7 -84.9 2 27.3 -58.0 192 11 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.40 m Freezing level: 591.37 mb = 4519.77 m = 14828.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.93 mb = 3738.91 m = 12266.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.11 mb = 1237.03 m = 4058.44 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2352.90 m = 7719.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1711.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.73 mb = 1771.14 m = 5810.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.73 mb = 3653.08 m = 11985.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.73 mb = 12326.53 m = 40440.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1697.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.73 mb = 15108.52 m = 49568.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 361.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 168.96 m/s