MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.06,-99.73 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 516 SFC 941 602 24.9 19.9 74 5.0 21.3 161 16 303.3 306.2 296.6 350.0 15.74 3 900 991 23.7 18.7 74 4.9 20.2 171 35 305.9 308.7 297.0 351.7 15.28 4 850 1493 24.1 17.0 65 7.0 19.1 204 43 311.4 314.1 297.9 355.9 14.52 5 800 2022 20.9 13.6 63 7.3 16.0 224 35 313.4 315.8 297.0 351.6 12.35 6 750 2577 16.5 10.5 68 6.0 12.6 234 31 314.4 316.5 296.1 347.6 10.68 7 700 3161 12.4 2.4 51 9.9 6.6 247 29 316.2 317.4 293.5 336.8 6.53 8 650 3778 8.5 -9.5 27 18.0 0.3 263 33 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.0 2.87 9 600 4433 3.1 -10.2 37 13.3 -2.7 254 41 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.4 2.92 10 550 5130 -3.2 -11.9 51 8.7 -6.7 249 44 320.3 320.9 291.6 329.6 2.80 11 500 5875 -9.1 -20.7 38 11.6 -12.7 253 39 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.0 1.47 12 450 6683 -13.7 -34.6 15 20.9 -17.9 260 30 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 13 400 7566 -20.7 -37.0 22 16.3 -23.5 256 26 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.40 14 350 8536 -29.0 -41.1 30 12.1 -30.4 259 26 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.30 15 300 9618 -38.0 -50.7 25 12.7 -38.8 270 25 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 16 250 10845 -47.5 -57.6 30 10.1 -47.9 270 17 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.06 17 200 12294 -54.9 -61.3 45 6.4 -55.1 46 4 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14127 -54.9 -78.7 4 23.8 -55.2 235 29 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -58.9 -84.4 2 25.5 -59.3 208 14 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.84 m Freezing level: 575.25 mb = 4777.76 m = 15674.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3848.29 m = 12625.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.07 % Est. max temperature: 35.03 C = 95.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.31 mb = 1245.52 m = 4086.30 ft T: 23.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 27.83 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2730.69 m = 8958.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.33 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: -7.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.15 C K Index: 40.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 657.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2700.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.38 mb = 1823.87 m = 5983.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.38 mb = 3861.76 m = 12669.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.38 mb = 12846.57 m = 42147.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2679.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 501.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.15 Bulk Rich Number: 14.84 Bulk Shear: 181.99 m/s