MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.96,-96.09 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -96.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 970 337 31.5 26.0 73 5.5 27.3 106 4 307.3 311.5 301.4 375.0 22.31 2 950 521 29.7 23.1 68 6.6 24.8 127 7 307.3 310.9 299.7 365.0 19.09 3 900 1002 25.4 21.9 81 3.5 22.8 156 9 307.6 311.1 299.5 364.1 18.65 4 850 1504 21.0 20.5 97 0.5 20.7 172 12 308.2 311.6 299.4 363.3 18.19 5 800 2032 24.2 6.1 31 18.1 13.0 210 23 317.0 318.4 294.4 340.4 7.41 6 750 2593 20.6 3.4 32 17.2 10.3 220 26 318.9 320.2 294.3 339.8 6.54 7 700 3184 16.4 -2.9 27 19.2 6.1 227 23 320.6 321.5 293.0 335.0 4.42 8 650 3807 10.9 -5.6 31 16.5 2.6 240 23 321.3 322.0 292.8 334.0 3.88 9 600 4467 4.7 -6.9 43 11.6 -0.9 250 24 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.80 10 550 5168 -1.9 -8.4 61 6.5 -4.8 254 23 321.8 322.5 292.8 333.9 3.68 11 500 5916 -8.9 -10.6 87 1.7 -9.6 268 21 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.5 3.42 12 450 6723 -14.7 -15.6 93 0.9 -15.0 271 24 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.4 2.53 13 400 7605 -20.4 -26.8 56 6.4 -21.9 264 38 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.3 1.07 14 350 8581 -27.0 -43.8 19 16.8 -29.0 269 40 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.22 15 300 9673 -35.5 -50.4 20 14.8 -36.7 266 38 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 16 250 10914 -45.6 -49.8 63 4.2 -45.9 262 42 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.16 17 200 12364 -55.6 -64.0 34 8.4 -55.8 265 37 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 14159 -62.1 -74.8 17 12.8 -62.2 263 52 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16691 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 236 13 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.94 m Freezing level: 564.52 mb = 4964.51 m = 16287.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.43 mb = 4298.29 m = 14101.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.12 % Est. max temperature: 37.51 C = 99.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.24 mb = 1039.14 m = 3409.21 ft T: 25.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 40.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1457.37 m = 4781.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.31 C = 90.15 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: -10.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -10.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 29.41 C K Index: 31.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 498.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4599.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 201.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.84 mb = 1382.34 m = 4535.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.84 mb = 3719.45 m = 12202.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.84 mb = 14292.39 m = 46890.48 ft B at Equ Level: 4594.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.50 Bulk Rich Number: 68.76 Bulk Shear: 66.90 m/s