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: 45.86,-99.89 Latitude: 45.86 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 511 SFC 942 586 29.1 19.7 57 9.4 22.3 148 18 307.4 310.3 297.5 354.2 15.50 3 900 991 25.2 18.1 65 7.1 20.2 154 34 307.5 310.2 297.0 351.8 14.68 4 850 1491 22.5 16.9 71 5.6 18.5 176 39 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.4 14.38 5 800 2019 20.3 14.1 68 6.1 16.1 208 35 312.7 315.2 297.1 352.1 12.76 6 750 2573 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.3 215 34 313.2 315.5 296.7 350.5 12.06 7 700 3155 12.4 3.5 55 8.9 7.2 247 26 316.2 317.6 293.9 338.5 7.05 8 650 3774 9.5 -11.5 21 21.0 0.3 275 29 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.9 2.44 9 600 4430 4.0 -16.3 21 20.3 -3.8 263 31 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 10 550 5129 -2.0 -19.5 25 17.5 -8.0 255 35 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.48 11 500 5877 -8.5 -23.6 29 15.0 -12.9 256 31 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.14 12 450 6683 -15.3 -25.9 40 10.5 -18.0 252 26 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.03 13 400 7560 -22.3 -28.0 60 5.7 -23.5 253 24 326.1 326.2 291.6 329.5 0.96 14 350 8527 -29.1 -40.6 32 11.4 -30.5 260 27 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.32 15 300 9608 -38.1 -48.0 35 9.9 -38.8 266 28 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 16 250 10837 -47.6 -57.3 32 9.7 -48.0 260 27 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.07 17 200 12281 -54.1 -64.0 28 10.0 -54.3 266 30 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14135 -54.1 -79.0 3 24.9 -54.5 233 25 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.01 19 100 16693 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 192 11 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.55 m Freezing level: 566.84 mb = 4893.59 m = 16054.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3812.83 m = 12509.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.38 C = 93.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.19 mb = 1780.76 m = 5842.31 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.63 mb = 2587.94 m = 8490.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 608.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2683.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.84 mb = 1977.15 m = 6486.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.84 mb = 4045.10 m = 13271.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.84 mb = 12651.32 m = 41506.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2677.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.84 mb = 16158.61 m = 53013.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 483.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.68 Bulk Rich Number: 13.46 Bulk Shear: 199.36 m/s