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: 47.52,-96.96 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -96.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 977 274 30.6 21.7 59 9.0 24.1 116 7 305.9 309.0 298.0 356.7 16.95 2 950 519 30.6 19.0 50 11.6 22.3 131 16 308.2 311.0 297.3 352.8 14.72 3 900 1001 26.2 17.7 60 8.5 20.2 143 18 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.9 14.32 4 850 1502 21.6 16.5 73 5.1 18.1 155 17 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.3 14.04 5 800 2025 17.0 14.7 86 2.4 15.4 169 17 309.3 311.8 296.5 349.6 13.25 6 750 2575 15.8 4.1 46 11.7 8.9 201 20 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.2 6.86 7 700 3158 12.3 3.2 54 9.1 7.0 244 21 316.1 317.4 293.8 337.9 6.91 8 650 3774 6.9 1.5 69 5.4 3.8 273 19 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.6 6.58 9 600 4426 2.1 -8.0 47 10.1 -2.6 262 24 318.5 319.2 291.7 329.9 3.48 10 550 5121 -3.3 -12.9 47 9.6 -7.1 260 33 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.7 2.57 11 500 5866 -9.6 -16.4 58 6.8 -12.0 258 42 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.5 2.12 12 450 6671 -15.3 -22.8 53 7.4 -17.4 262 38 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.7 1.36 13 400 7550 -21.1 -30.2 44 9.1 -22.9 264 42 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.78 14 350 8521 -28.5 -34.1 58 5.7 -29.3 266 39 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.6 0.61 15 300 9608 -36.3 -39.0 76 2.7 -36.7 270 31 334.2 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.43 16 250 10845 -46.4 -46.5 99 0.1 -46.4 262 24 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.0 0.24 17 200 12286 -58.0 -59.3 85 1.3 -58.0 254 36 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.06 18 150 14082 -59.1 -73.3 14 14.2 -59.3 267 28 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16637 -58.5 -84.6 2 26.0 -58.9 239 6 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.42 m Freezing level: 580.75 mb = 4693.53 m = 15398.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.03 mb = 4158.27 m = 13642.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.30 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.04 mb = 1419.22 m = 4656.18 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 21.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2681.12 m = 8796.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.89 C = 102.01 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.11 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 588.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2835.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.19 mb = 1958.42 m = 6425.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.19 mb = 3384.21 m = 11102.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.19 mb = 13256.97 m = 43493.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2806.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 22.67 Bulk Shear: 125.06 m/s