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: 46.18,-99.80 Latitude: 46.18 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 72 1 950 515 SFC 941 598 24.9 19.9 74 5.0 21.3 162 15 303.3 306.2 296.6 350.0 15.74 3 900 991 23.6 18.8 74 4.8 20.2 172 34 305.9 308.7 297.0 351.8 15.33 4 850 1493 24.3 16.7 62 7.7 18.9 206 41 311.6 314.3 297.7 355.1 14.17 5 800 2022 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 15.7 226 33 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.5 12.04 6 750 2577 16.2 10.2 67 6.0 12.3 234 30 314.2 316.2 295.9 346.7 10.48 7 700 3160 12.1 3.1 54 9.0 6.9 246 29 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.4 6.84 8 650 3776 8.2 -8.4 30 16.7 0.5 261 34 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.5 3.11 9 600 4431 2.9 -11.0 35 13.9 -3.1 253 41 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.6 2.75 10 550 5127 -3.3 -12.3 50 9.1 -6.9 248 44 320.2 320.8 291.5 329.2 2.70 11 500 5872 -9.3 -19.9 42 10.6 -12.6 252 42 321.7 322.1 290.9 327.1 1.57 12 450 6679 -13.7 -32.3 19 18.6 -17.7 260 33 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.57 13 400 7562 -20.7 -34.8 27 14.1 -23.2 254 27 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.50 14 350 8533 -28.9 -40.1 33 11.2 -30.3 256 26 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.33 15 300 9615 -37.9 -48.1 34 10.2 -38.7 266 25 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 16 250 10843 -47.2 -55.8 37 8.6 -47.5 266 15 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12293 -54.8 -59.9 53 5.1 -54.9 63 10 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.06 18 150 14125 -54.8 -78.7 4 23.9 -55.2 233 30 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -58.8 -84.5 2 25.7 -59.2 204 14 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.53 m Freezing level: 576.31 mb = 4760.55 m = 15618.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3867.19 m = 12687.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.26 % Est. max temperature: 34.94 C = 94.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.59 mb = 1242.24 m = 4075.53 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 26.62 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2703.00 m = 8867.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.01 C = 96.81 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 41.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 648.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2644.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.76 mb = 1840.79 m = 6039.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.76 mb = 3627.20 m = 11900.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.76 mb = 12902.02 m = 42328.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2612.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 460.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 459.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.24 Bulk Rich Number: 15.11 Bulk Shear: 175.04 m/s