MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 47.18,-100.30 Latitude: 47.18 Longitude: -100.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 516 SFC 943 582 30.3 15.5 41 14.7 20.1 45 6 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.5 11.86 3 900 994 24.9 13.6 50 11.3 17.4 62 6 307.1 309.2 294.4 340.2 10.94 4 850 1492 20.7 11.7 56 9.0 14.8 103 4 307.8 309.8 294.0 338.9 10.24 5 800 2014 18.1 4.7 41 13.4 10.2 163 3 310.4 311.7 292.0 331.2 6.72 6 750 2563 14.4 -0.2 37 14.6 6.5 277 5 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.0 5.03 7 700 3141 10.5 -0.5 46 11.1 4.6 243 16 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.26 8 650 3755 7.0 -2.4 51 9.3 2.1 248 30 316.8 317.8 292.4 332.7 4.95 9 600 4407 2.1 -8.7 45 10.7 -2.8 252 35 318.5 319.1 291.5 329.3 3.31 10 550 5101 -4.3 -11.2 58 7.0 -7.1 263 32 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.95 11 500 5844 -10.4 -13.8 76 3.4 -11.6 258 35 320.3 320.9 291.5 329.1 2.63 12 450 6646 -16.4 -19.1 80 2.7 -17.2 257 40 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.88 13 400 7524 -21.0 -25.8 66 4.8 -22.2 254 38 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.8 1.17 14 350 8496 -28.3 -32.0 71 3.7 -28.9 254 40 330.6 330.7 292.6 333.3 0.75 15 300 9582 -36.7 -40.1 70 3.5 -37.1 251 40 333.7 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10818 -46.7 -50.7 64 4.0 -46.9 248 39 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12259 -58.1 -60.6 73 2.5 -58.1 249 39 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14048 -58.6 -74.6 11 16.0 -58.8 253 34 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16617 -57.8 -84.7 2 26.8 -58.2 236 14 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.95 m Freezing level: 583.76 mb = 4632.77 m = 15199.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.24 mb = 4032.41 m = 13229.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.46 mb = 2434.02 m = 7985.52 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.48 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.01 mb = 3344.85 m = 10973.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.99 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.20 mb = 2492.95 m = 8178.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.20 mb = 4661.30 m = 15292.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.20 mb = 12220.20 m = 40092.03 ft B at Equ Level: 828.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.20 mb = 14430.59 m = 47343.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.7 neg: -6.3 tot: 98.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 8.77 Bulk Shear: 95.71 m/s