MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.64,-99.8 Latitude: 45.64 Longitude: -99.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 513 SFC 943 583 28.9 20.0 59 8.9 22.5 148 18 307.2 310.1 297.6 354.7 15.77 3 900 992 25.1 18.3 66 6.8 20.3 155 35 307.4 310.2 297.1 352.4 14.91 4 850 1493 22.8 16.9 70 5.8 18.7 180 39 310.0 312.7 297.5 354.0 14.43 5 800 2021 20.2 14.4 69 5.8 16.2 208 35 312.7 315.1 297.2 352.6 12.97 6 750 2574 15.4 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 216 35 313.2 315.6 296.8 350.9 12.19 7 700 3157 13.4 0.1 40 13.3 6.1 257 25 317.3 318.4 293.0 334.9 5.52 8 650 3777 9.7 -13.0 19 22.7 0.0 275 28 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.2 2.16 9 600 4434 4.1 -16.7 20 20.9 -3.8 263 31 320.9 321.2 290.8 326.8 1.72 10 550 5133 -2.0 -19.7 24 17.8 -8.0 256 33 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.7 1.45 11 500 5881 -8.5 -23.9 28 15.4 -12.9 257 30 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.11 12 450 6687 -15.3 -26.7 37 11.4 -18.1 254 26 324.1 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.96 13 400 7564 -22.3 -27.7 61 5.5 -23.4 258 23 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.98 14 350 8532 -29.1 -38.1 42 9.0 -30.3 261 28 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.41 15 300 9612 -38.2 -45.7 45 7.5 -38.8 263 30 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 16 250 10840 -47.6 -57.1 32 9.6 -47.9 262 27 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12285 -54.1 -64.1 28 10.0 -54.3 267 32 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14136 -54.3 -78.8 3 24.5 -54.7 239 25 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 195 10 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.98 m Freezing level: 566.14 mb = 4907.40 m = 16100.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3780.20 m = 12402.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.54 mb = 1715.72 m = 5628.94 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 27.39 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.76 mb = 2554.39 m = 8380.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -6.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -6.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 611.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2772.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.11 mb = 1954.54 m = 6412.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.11 mb = 4150.17 m = 13615.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.11 mb = 12923.56 m = 42399.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2733.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -174.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 499.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.08 Bulk Rich Number: 13.92 Bulk Shear: 199.14 m/s