MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.8,-96.34 Latitude: 46.80 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 969 331 20.5 18.8 90 1.7 19.3 357 4 296.3 298.9 293.6 337.3 14.22 2 950 500 23.1 17.7 72 5.4 19.4 4 11 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.3 13.54 3 900 974 24.3 5.2 29 19.1 13.1 349 19 306.5 307.7 290.4 325.4 6.18 4 850 1471 21.4 2.6 29 18.8 10.7 328 22 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.2 5.42 5 800 1992 18.6 3.6 37 14.9 9.9 295 18 310.9 312.1 291.7 330.2 6.21 6 750 2543 16.3 -4.6 24 20.9 5.8 268 20 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.9 3.62 7 700 3125 12.2 -5.2 29 17.4 3.6 260 27 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.71 8 650 3740 7.2 -5.4 40 12.7 1.0 266 36 317.2 317.9 291.7 329.8 3.92 9 600 4392 2.0 -7.1 51 9.0 -2.2 267 40 318.4 319.1 291.9 330.6 3.75 10 550 5087 -3.5 -11.0 56 7.5 -6.6 270 50 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.8 2.99 11 500 5832 -9.4 -14.2 68 4.8 -11.2 260 50 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.1 2.54 12 450 6639 -13.5 -23.9 41 10.4 -16.4 248 46 326.3 326.5 291.9 330.6 1.23 13 400 7527 -18.7 -32.6 28 13.9 -21.5 247 38 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.62 14 350 8506 -26.6 -37.0 37 10.5 -28.2 235 38 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.7 0.46 15 300 9601 -34.5 -49.4 21 14.9 -35.7 227 39 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.14 16 250 10847 -45.0 -52.2 44 7.2 -45.3 201 37 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.12 17 200 12298 -56.4 -60.3 61 3.9 -56.5 214 27 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14090 -61.7 -71.2 27 9.4 -61.9 223 23 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.02 19 100 16640 -57.6 -84.5 2 26.9 -58.0 217 15 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.04 m Freezing level: 581.88 mb = 4643.97 m = 15235.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.93 mb = 3943.92 m = 12939.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.11 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.20 mb = 544.72 m = 1787.11 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.05 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.96 mb = 3879.47 m = 12727.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.41 C = 106.55 F Cap Strength: 8.52 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.35 C Showalter Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.00 C K Index: 15.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6627.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.92 mb = 2308.31 m = 7573.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.4 neg: -88.7 tot: -27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 147.14 m/s