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: 46.47,-99.57 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 518 SFC 941 605 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 167 13 302.0 304.9 296.2 348.1 15.63 3 900 991 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.7 172 33 304.5 307.3 296.6 349.8 15.18 4 850 1491 24.0 16.6 64 7.3 18.8 209 41 311.3 313.9 297.6 354.6 14.15 5 800 2020 20.7 13.1 62 7.6 15.5 231 34 313.2 315.4 296.6 350.0 11.91 6 750 2575 16.0 9.8 67 6.2 12.0 239 34 314.0 315.9 295.7 345.7 10.21 7 700 3157 11.8 3.2 56 8.6 6.8 246 32 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.2 6.90 8 650 3774 8.1 -8.1 31 16.3 0.5 256 33 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.19 9 600 4428 2.7 -12.1 33 14.8 -3.4 251 38 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.7 2.52 10 550 5123 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 247 41 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.5 2.17 11 500 5868 -9.6 -18.1 50 8.5 -12.5 250 42 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.5 1.83 12 450 6674 -14.0 -29.2 27 15.2 -17.6 257 35 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.76 13 400 7556 -20.7 -32.1 35 11.4 -22.9 247 29 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.65 14 350 8527 -28.8 -37.0 46 8.1 -30.0 248 29 329.9 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.46 15 300 9609 -37.5 -45.3 44 7.8 -38.1 258 24 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 16 250 10841 -46.3 -54.0 41 7.7 -46.6 243 7 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.10 17 200 12296 -54.4 -57.7 67 3.3 -54.5 65 20 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14125 -55.2 -78.6 4 23.4 -55.6 229 31 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.01 19 100 16689 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.9 -59.0 196 15 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.89 m Freezing level: 577.28 mb = 4743.74 m = 15563.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3860.39 m = 12665.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.71 mb = 1091.88 m = 3582.23 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 27.11 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2676.45 m = 8780.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.63 C = 96.14 F Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 41.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 646.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2345.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 223.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.38 mb = 1737.21 m = 5699.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.38 mb = 3882.75 m = 12738.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.38 mb = 12576.15 m = 41259.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2343.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.38 mb = 16007.50 m = 52517.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 469.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.69 Bulk Rich Number: 14.37 Bulk Shear: 163.26 m/s