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: 47.82,-96.97 Latitude: 47.82 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 975 262 29.4 20.4 58 9.0 22.9 41 5 304.8 307.7 297.0 351.4 15.63 2 950 489 27.3 18.3 58 9.0 21.0 48 7 304.9 307.5 295.9 346.9 14.05 3 900 964 22.8 17.4 72 5.4 19.0 58 6 305.0 307.6 295.9 346.9 14.02 4 850 1460 18.6 16.4 88 2.1 17.1 90 6 305.6 308.2 296.1 347.5 13.98 5 800 1980 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 12.0 122 6 310.6 312.2 293.6 337.0 8.59 6 750 2532 16.6 2.6 39 14.0 8.5 180 7 314.6 315.8 292.8 334.0 6.16 7 700 3116 13.1 0.5 42 12.6 6.1 212 11 317.0 318.1 293.1 335.1 5.69 8 650 3733 7.9 -5.3 39 13.1 1.4 231 17 317.9 318.6 291.9 330.7 3.98 9 600 4387 3.1 -12.1 32 15.2 -3.3 240 31 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.1 2.53 10 550 5085 -2.1 -15.0 37 12.9 -7.1 236 41 321.6 322.0 291.4 328.9 2.17 11 500 5833 -8.3 -20.7 36 12.4 -12.2 229 47 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.0 1.47 12 450 6641 -14.6 -30.9 24 16.3 -18.2 224 47 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.65 13 400 7521 -20.9 -28.7 49 7.8 -22.6 218 43 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.89 14 350 8495 -27.6 -33.1 59 5.5 -28.5 217 35 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.0 0.67 15 300 9584 -36.3 -40.8 63 4.5 -36.8 212 31 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.36 16 250 10821 -46.1 -53.0 45 6.9 -46.4 207 38 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.11 17 200 12265 -58.3 -59.2 89 0.9 -58.3 215 33 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.07 18 150 14048 -58.5 -74.7 11 16.2 -58.7 217 25 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16618 -57.2 -84.9 2 27.7 -57.6 258 11 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.88 m Freezing level: 570.16 mb = 4803.58 m = 15759.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.23 mb = 3920.72 m = 12863.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.23 mb = 1406.80 m = 4615.44 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.82 mb = 2974.20 m = 9757.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.96 C = 105.73 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1711.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.55 mb = 1617.39 m = 5306.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.55 mb = 4124.85 m = 13532.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.55 mb = 12933.64 m = 42432.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1675.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.55 mb = 15485.81 m = 50805.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 88.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 17.40 Bulk Shear: 98.36 m/s