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: 47.68,-96.66 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 976 281 30.1 22.2 63 7.9 24.3 117 6 305.4 308.6 298.2 357.8 17.50 2 950 522 30.1 19.1 52 11.0 22.2 139 13 307.7 310.5 297.2 352.5 14.83 3 900 1002 25.8 17.5 60 8.3 20.0 152 16 308.1 310.8 296.8 350.9 14.15 4 850 1503 21.4 15.9 71 5.5 17.6 160 16 308.6 311.1 296.5 349.4 13.48 5 800 2026 17.9 10.9 64 7.0 13.3 169 16 310.2 312.1 294.7 341.6 10.26 6 750 2576 15.7 2.1 40 13.6 8.0 197 18 313.6 314.8 292.3 332.3 5.95 7 700 3158 11.9 1.8 50 10.1 6.2 238 20 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.5 6.25 8 650 3773 6.4 1.3 70 5.1 3.6 266 19 316.2 317.5 293.5 336.7 6.49 9 600 4424 1.5 -4.8 63 6.4 -1.6 262 25 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.2 4.45 10 550 5119 -3.5 -11.7 53 8.2 -6.8 260 36 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.84 11 500 5864 -9.6 -14.8 66 5.2 -11.5 259 43 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.5 2.43 12 450 6668 -15.3 -20.2 66 4.9 -16.7 263 39 324.0 324.3 291.7 329.9 1.71 13 400 7548 -21.1 -27.1 59 6.0 -22.4 267 41 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.3 1.04 14 350 8520 -28.4 -32.0 71 3.6 -29.0 271 38 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.2 0.75 15 300 9606 -36.4 -37.0 94 0.6 -36.5 273 32 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.53 16 250 10843 -46.6 -46.8 97 0.2 -46.6 262 28 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.23 17 200 12283 -57.8 -59.4 82 1.6 -57.8 257 38 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.06 18 150 14079 -59.7 -72.2 18 12.5 -59.8 265 25 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16635 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.8 236 7 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.89 m Freezing level: 584.77 mb = 4635.69 m = 15208.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.24 mb = 4220.05 m = 13845.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.68 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.40 mb = 1295.24 m = 4249.44 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 25.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.55 mb = 2649.06 m = 8691.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.56 C = 101.41 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2780.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.81 mb = 1910.13 m = 6266.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.81 mb = 3328.15 m = 10919.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.81 mb = 13088.27 m = 42940.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2774.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 25.76 Bulk Shear: 107.93 m/s