MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-98.3 Latitude: 47.55 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 64 SFC 956 448 18.9 14.0 73 5.0 15.7 288 12 295.8 297.7 290.6 326.2 10.54 2 950 503 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.2 290 16 295.9 297.7 290.3 325.3 10.20 3 900 964 14.1 12.2 89 1.8 12.9 294 23 296.0 297.8 290.2 324.8 9.97 4 850 1444 10.6 10.2 98 0.4 10.3 300 26 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.0 9.23 5 800 1948 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.8 302 30 299.7 301.2 290.0 324.0 8.25 6 750 2479 5.6 5.1 96 0.5 5.3 304 33 302.7 304.0 290.2 324.6 7.34 7 700 3042 2.8 2.2 96 0.6 2.5 303 34 305.6 306.8 290.3 325.0 6.41 8 650 3638 -0.6 -1.0 97 0.4 -0.8 303 33 308.2 309.3 290.3 325.2 5.48 9 600 4276 -2.4 -6.0 76 3.6 -4.0 304 35 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.4 4.09 10 550 4963 -5.7 -12.2 60 6.4 -8.2 302 37 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.3 2.74 11 500 5704 -10.1 -18.3 51 8.2 -12.8 306 35 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.8 1.80 12 450 6507 -16.1 -23.2 54 7.1 -18.0 304 37 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.5 1.31 13 400 7382 -22.8 -29.6 54 6.8 -24.1 302 39 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.82 14 350 8345 -30.9 -34.3 72 3.4 -31.4 301 43 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.60 15 300 9417 -40.2 -41.9 83 1.8 -40.3 302 47 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.0 0.32 16 250 10633 -50.0 -53.9 64 3.8 -50.2 299 47 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12083 -49.4 -73.7 4 24.3 -49.8 293 38 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 13965 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 282 31 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16588 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 268 12 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.11 m Freezing level: 659.25 mb = 3527.97 m = 11574.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.20 mb = 3488.70 m = 11445.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.79 % Est. max temperature: 22.45 C = 72.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.37 mb = 1073.38 m = 3521.56 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.21 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1317.85 m = 4323.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.92 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.83 mb = 1231.29 m = 4039.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.83 mb = 1475.33 m = 4840.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.83 mb = 2189.96 m = 7184.81 ft B at Equ Level: 5.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.83 mb = 2962.61 m = 9719.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 89.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 26.75 m/s