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: 47.04,-101.07 Latitude: 47.04 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 515 SFC 942 590 25.6 19.7 70 5.9 21.4 130 12 303.9 306.8 296.7 350.1 15.53 3 900 990 22.7 17.0 70 5.7 18.8 144 25 304.9 307.5 295.7 345.8 13.67 4 850 1487 21.1 15.1 69 6.0 17.0 183 25 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.1 12.82 5 800 2011 17.6 12.8 73 4.8 14.4 215 25 309.9 312.1 295.7 345.6 11.71 6 750 2559 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.3 230 25 310.9 312.9 295.0 343.0 10.49 7 700 3138 11.1 -3.3 36 14.3 3.7 262 24 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.4 4.29 8 650 3751 6.3 -7.5 36 13.8 -0.1 260 30 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.0 3.35 9 600 4400 0.7 -10.4 43 11.1 -4.0 255 32 316.9 317.5 290.7 326.4 2.88 10 550 5092 -4.3 -20.7 27 16.4 -9.5 238 31 319.0 319.3 289.8 323.6 1.34 11 500 5834 -9.8 -24.7 29 14.8 -13.9 234 36 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.6 1.03 12 450 6638 -15.6 -26.1 40 10.5 -18.2 236 30 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.01 13 400 7515 -22.2 -30.9 45 8.6 -23.9 240 30 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.73 14 350 8483 -28.5 -52.2 8 23.6 -30.6 245 39 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 15 300 9568 -37.2 -50.8 23 13.6 -38.1 256 42 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10801 -46.8 -56.8 31 10.1 -47.1 251 29 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.07 17 200 12250 -55.1 -60.7 50 5.6 -55.3 194 16 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 14084 -54.7 -79.0 3 24.3 -55.1 222 22 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -57.6 -84.9 2 27.3 -58.0 200 12 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.91 m Freezing level: 592.87 mb = 4498.55 m = 14758.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.27 mb = 3734.43 m = 12251.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.30 mb = 1342.18 m = 4403.43 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2388.30 m = 7835.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1904.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.74 mb = 1821.36 m = 5975.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.74 mb = 3590.00 m = 11778.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.74 mb = 12485.51 m = 40962.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1881.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.74 mb = 15360.32 m = 50394.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 11.77 Bulk Shear: 161.85 m/s