MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 47.55,-99.1 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 953 474 28.7 17.4 51 11.3 20.8 344 2 306.1 308.5 295.7 345.9 13.27 2 950 498 28.4 16.1 47 12.3 19.9 346 2 306.0 308.3 295.0 342.7 12.22 3 900 975 23.8 15.1 58 8.7 17.9 339 2 306.0 308.2 294.8 342.2 12.05 4 850 1471 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 15.8 327 2 306.0 308.3 294.8 342.3 12.08 5 800 1989 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 313 2 306.1 308.3 294.9 342.4 12.09 6 750 2531 10.9 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 208 5 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.8 8.66 7 700 3107 9.3 4.0 69 5.3 6.2 197 13 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.4 7.29 8 650 3718 5.2 1.3 76 3.9 3.0 202 20 314.8 316.0 293.1 335.2 6.48 9 600 4366 0.5 -6.1 61 6.6 -2.6 216 31 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.7 4.03 10 550 5058 -4.2 -11.6 56 7.4 -7.2 222 45 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.5 2.86 11 500 5803 -9.2 -16.8 54 7.5 -11.8 217 56 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.8 2.06 12 450 6608 -15.2 -21.9 57 6.7 -17.1 214 60 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.2 1.47 13 400 7488 -20.9 -29.7 45 8.8 -22.7 210 55 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.8 0.82 14 350 8461 -27.6 -31.5 70 3.9 -28.3 212 52 331.5 331.6 292.9 334.3 0.78 15 300 9551 -35.7 -37.1 87 1.4 -35.8 218 48 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.1 0.53 16 250 10792 -45.7 -46.9 87 1.2 -45.7 215 46 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.22 17 200 12238 -57.8 -60.6 69 2.9 -57.8 218 46 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14029 -56.8 -77.3 6 20.5 -57.1 227 31 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16614 -57.4 -84.8 2 27.3 -57.9 220 10 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.59 m Freezing level: 594.91 mb = 4436.37 m = 14554.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.26 mb = 4057.80 m = 13312.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.67 mb = 1896.93 m = 6223.46 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 7.59 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2154.74 m = 7069.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.18 mb = 2060.91 m = 6761.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.18 mb = 2440.12 m = 8005.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.18 mb = 2663.75 m = 8739.24 ft B at Equ Level: 0.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 728.18 mb = 2777.50 m = 9112.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 58.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 11.43 Bulk Shear: 82.95 m/s