MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 45.82,-98.4 Latitude: 45.82 Longitude: -98.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 970 421 25.2 12.7 46 12.5 17.2 346 2 300.9 302.7 291.5 329.2 9.57 2 950 604 24.2 9.2 39 15.0 15.0 351 4 301.8 303.2 290.2 324.8 7.73 3 900 1074 20.0 8.0 46 12.0 12.8 336 6 302.1 303.5 290.1 324.5 7.51 4 850 1563 15.5 6.9 56 8.7 10.4 324 9 302.4 303.7 290.0 324.3 7.33 5 800 2073 10.8 5.7 71 5.0 7.9 314 12 302.6 304.0 290.0 324.2 7.21 6 750 2607 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.1 305 15 303.0 304.3 290.0 324.0 7.01 7 700 3168 2.1 -0.3 84 2.4 0.9 305 20 304.8 305.8 289.1 321.1 5.35 8 650 3768 1.9 -11.7 36 13.6 -3.6 316 22 311.1 311.5 288.3 318.8 2.39 9 600 4409 -1.3 -17.2 29 15.9 -6.9 316 21 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.1 1.65 10 550 5097 -5.4 -27.7 15 22.3 -11.2 312 22 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.2 0.72 11 500 5837 -10.8 -38.4 8 27.6 -15.9 304 24 319.9 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.28 12 450 6636 -17.1 -47.9 5 30.8 -21.0 297 26 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.11 13 400 7507 -23.9 -52.2 6 28.2 -26.6 301 26 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.08 14 350 8469 -30.1 -53.7 8 23.6 -31.9 313 25 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 15 300 9547 -38.3 -50.7 26 12.4 -39.1 326 26 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10776 -47.4 -57.1 32 9.7 -47.7 337 35 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12227 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 294 26 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14077 -54.6 -80.9 2 26.3 -55.0 266 30 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16657 -57.7 -85.3 2 27.6 -58.1 253 19 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.78 m Freezing level: 620.64 mb = 4144.35 m = 13596.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.91 mb = 3285.77 m = 10779.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.91 mb = 1990.05 m = 6528.95 ft T: 11.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2623.90 m = 8608.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 2.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.87 mb = 2487.88 m = 8162.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.87 mb = 2985.95 m = 9796.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.87 mb = 3333.28 m = 10935.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 675.87 mb = 3452.04 m = 11325.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 28.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 25.17 m/s