MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.67,-99.55 Latitude: 48.67 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 950 494 20.9 19.2 90 1.7 19.8 337 7 298.4 301.1 294.7 341.8 14.93 2 950 498 20.7 19.0 90 1.8 19.5 338 7 298.2 300.9 294.6 340.9 14.70 3 900 965 19.2 15.2 77 4.0 16.5 357 10 301.3 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.15 4 850 1456 17.8 12.4 71 5.4 14.3 29 4 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.7 10.67 5 800 1974 15.3 10.2 71 5.2 12.0 145 6 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.1 9.79 6 750 2520 12.3 7.4 72 4.9 9.3 166 15 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.4 8.63 7 700 3095 8.0 5.0 81 3.1 6.2 175 18 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.6 7.82 8 650 3703 3.9 2.5 91 1.4 3.1 183 22 313.4 314.7 293.2 335.4 7.07 9 600 4349 -0.1 -0.5 97 0.5 -0.3 182 30 316.1 317.2 293.2 335.6 6.16 10 550 5042 -3.7 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.1 182 35 319.7 320.7 293.3 335.9 5.00 11 500 5789 -8.2 -8.9 95 0.7 -8.5 193 35 323.0 323.8 293.3 335.9 3.91 12 450 6598 -13.5 -14.1 95 0.6 -13.7 198 38 326.3 326.9 293.3 336.0 2.86 13 400 7482 -19.4 -19.6 99 0.1 -19.5 205 37 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.8 2.03 14 350 8461 -26.3 -26.3 100 -0.0 -26.3 211 37 333.2 333.5 293.8 337.8 1.27 15 300 9554 -35.4 -35.4 100 -0.0 -35.4 214 39 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.63 16 250 10793 -46.3 -46.3 99 0.1 -46.3 219 37 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12235 -58.2 -58.3 99 0.1 -58.2 218 34 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.07 18 150 14016 -55.1 -76.6 5 21.6 -55.4 237 37 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.01 19 100 16599 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 252 9 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.85 m Freezing level: 600.64 mb = 4341.13 m = 14242.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.02 mb = 4295.53 m = 14092.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.61 mb = 703.71 m = 2308.73 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2410.14 m = 7907.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.70 mb = 1449.27 m = 4754.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.70 mb = 3756.54 m = 12324.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.70 mb = 10378.78 m = 34050.69 ft B at Equ Level: 130.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.70 mb = 12694.27 m = 41647.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 214.0 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 121.69 m/s