MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.28,-101.22 Latitude: 47.28 Longitude: -101.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 494 SFC 939 598 31.3 20.2 52 11.2 23.2 56 4 310.0 313.0 298.5 358.9 16.03 3 900 978 28.3 17.6 52 10.7 20.7 104 8 310.7 313.4 297.5 354.2 14.25 4 850 1484 24.9 15.9 57 9.0 18.7 151 9 312.3 314.8 297.5 353.9 13.53 5 800 2013 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.3 178 9 312.7 315.2 297.3 352.9 13.02 6 750 2567 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.3 205 10 313.3 315.6 296.8 350.6 12.08 7 700 3149 10.9 8.6 86 2.3 9.5 228 14 314.5 316.5 295.7 345.9 10.08 8 650 3763 6.1 2.9 80 3.1 4.2 246 20 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.8 7.29 9 600 4413 1.3 -5.3 61 6.6 -1.9 253 28 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.6 4.31 10 550 5107 -4.4 -9.5 67 5.1 -6.5 253 35 318.9 319.6 291.7 330.0 3.38 11 500 5850 -9.8 -15.8 62 6.0 -11.9 256 41 321.0 321.5 291.3 328.5 2.23 12 450 6654 -15.5 -23.4 51 7.8 -17.7 255 43 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.29 13 400 7532 -21.5 -29.7 48 8.2 -23.2 252 45 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.81 14 350 8502 -28.7 -34.9 55 6.2 -29.7 247 45 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.56 15 300 9588 -36.4 -38.6 80 2.2 -36.7 255 44 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.45 16 250 10827 -45.7 -47.3 84 1.6 -45.8 250 42 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.21 17 200 12274 -57.5 -58.5 88 1.0 -57.5 249 50 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.07 18 150 14066 -59.2 -72.3 17 13.1 -59.4 238 29 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16631 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 280 8 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.73 m Freezing level: 588.35 mb = 4575.02 m = 15009.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.22 mb = 4209.73 m = 13811.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.85 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.38 mb = 2019.40 m = 6625.24 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 30.67 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2659.32 m = 8724.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.61 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -8.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 48.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 481.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3272.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.72 mb = 2377.40 m = 7799.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.72 mb = 2890.80 m = 9484.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.72 mb = 13223.77 m = 43384.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3263.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.03 Bulk Rich Number: 31.03 Bulk Shear: 105.46 m/s