MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.52,-99.81 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 534 SFC 945 579 30.8 22.1 60 8.7 24.3 130 8 308.9 312.2 299.4 363.6 18.02 3 900 1017 26.9 19.3 63 7.6 21.5 145 14 309.3 312.3 298.2 357.5 15.88 4 850 1520 22.3 18.2 78 4.1 19.4 159 15 309.5 312.4 298.1 357.0 15.64 5 800 2044 17.5 16.8 96 0.7 17.1 173 14 309.8 312.7 298.0 356.3 15.26 6 750 2597 17.9 7.6 51 10.3 11.4 215 9 316.0 317.7 295.1 343.5 8.76 7 700 3184 14.4 1.6 42 12.8 7.1 236 12 318.5 319.6 293.9 338.1 6.14 8 650 3804 9.5 -6.8 31 16.3 1.6 239 12 319.7 320.4 292.1 331.3 3.54 9 600 4461 4.0 -12.5 29 16.5 -2.9 252 17 320.7 321.2 291.4 328.9 2.44 10 550 5160 -1.6 -19.9 23 18.3 -7.8 251 20 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.2 1.43 11 500 5911 -6.9 -22.4 28 15.5 -11.7 268 19 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.0 1.27 12 450 6723 -13.1 -28.1 27 15.0 -16.9 273 22 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.7 0.84 13 400 7608 -20.1 -36.4 22 16.3 -22.9 272 26 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.5 0.42 14 350 8582 -27.7 -38.4 35 10.7 -29.2 279 28 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.39 15 300 9669 -36.8 -44.3 46 7.4 -37.5 276 32 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.25 16 250 10908 -45.2 -54.8 33 9.6 -45.6 290 33 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12360 -55.6 -60.6 54 4.9 -55.8 301 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14158 -60.6 -74.7 14 14.0 -60.8 285 29 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.0 -84.2 2 25.2 -59.3 233 13 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.67 m Freezing level: 564.08 mb = 4963.52 m = 16284.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.25 mb = 4031.44 m = 13226.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.33 mb = 1680.81 m = 5514.40 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 36.44 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1998.07 m = 6555.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3329.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.80 mb = 1928.39 m = 6326.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.80 mb = 3729.86 m = 12236.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.80 mb = 13921.06 m = 45672.21 ft B at Equ Level: 3282.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 65.00 Bulk Shear: 51.22 m/s