MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.72,-97.05 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 957 415 32.8 22.4 54 10.4 25.0 180 15 309.8 313.2 299.7 365.1 18.11 2 950 479 31.8 21.1 53 10.7 23.9 183 19 309.4 312.6 298.8 360.5 16.79 3 900 962 27.1 19.0 61 8.1 21.3 193 27 309.5 312.4 298.0 356.7 15.53 4 850 1466 22.9 17.2 70 5.7 18.9 204 29 310.1 312.9 297.7 354.9 14.67 5 800 1993 22.6 8.5 41 14.1 13.6 215 30 315.2 316.9 295.0 342.7 8.77 6 750 2554 21.0 -0.0 25 21.0 9.1 218 28 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.8 5.10 7 700 3145 16.2 -2.3 28 18.5 6.2 216 25 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.4 4.61 8 650 3768 10.7 -3.9 36 14.5 3.1 210 24 321.1 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.42 9 600 4428 4.7 -4.9 50 9.6 -0.1 208 25 321.6 322.4 293.3 336.0 4.43 10 550 5129 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.8 215 26 322.2 323.0 293.4 336.4 4.33 11 500 5880 -7.5 -9.5 86 1.9 -8.4 232 27 323.8 324.6 293.4 336.2 3.73 12 450 6691 -13.9 -23.1 46 9.2 -16.5 253 29 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.4 1.32 13 400 7575 -19.4 -33.0 29 13.5 -22.1 255 33 329.8 329.9 292.2 332.0 0.60 14 350 8553 -26.8 -38.9 31 12.1 -28.5 248 29 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.38 15 300 9645 -35.7 -47.1 30 11.4 -36.7 265 22 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.18 16 250 10884 -46.1 -54.2 39 8.1 -46.4 264 27 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.10 17 200 12329 -57.2 -61.4 58 4.2 -57.3 255 28 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14128 -59.2 -75.7 10 16.5 -59.3 249 44 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16675 -59.5 -84.2 3 24.7 -59.8 233 16 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.90 m Freezing level: 562.69 mb = 4951.16 m = 16243.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.51 mb = 4407.08 m = 14458.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.73 % Est. max temperature: 37.42 C = 99.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.09 mb = 1735.00 m = 5692.18 ft T: 22.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 29.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.45 mb = 3272.38 m = 10736.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.39 C = 110.10 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 29.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 499.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3188.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.35 mb = 1978.49 m = 6491.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.35 mb = 4073.51 m = 13364.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.35 mb = 13480.90 m = 44228.15 ft B at Equ Level: 3175.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 103.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 175.04 Bulk Shear: 18.21 m/s