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: 46.55,-99.58 Latitude: 46.55 Longitude: -99.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 941 599 23.5 19.8 80 3.7 20.9 168 13 301.9 304.7 296.2 347.9 15.62 3 900 991 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.7 173 33 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.7 15.18 4 850 1491 23.8 16.6 64 7.2 18.7 210 40 311.0 313.7 297.5 354.3 14.12 5 800 2020 20.5 13.0 62 7.5 15.4 232 34 313.0 315.3 296.5 349.7 11.88 6 750 2574 15.9 9.8 67 6.1 12.0 239 33 313.8 315.8 295.6 345.5 10.20 7 700 3156 11.7 3.3 56 8.4 6.8 246 32 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.2 6.93 8 650 3772 8.1 -7.9 31 16.0 0.6 255 33 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.7 3.24 9 600 4426 2.7 -12.1 33 14.8 -3.5 251 37 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.5 2.51 10 550 5122 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 247 42 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.16 11 500 5866 -9.7 -18.0 51 8.3 -12.4 249 43 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.6 1.86 12 450 6672 -14.0 -28.9 27 14.8 -17.6 258 35 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.78 13 400 7555 -20.7 -32.0 36 11.3 -22.9 247 30 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.66 14 350 8525 -28.8 -37.1 45 8.3 -30.0 248 29 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.45 15 300 9608 -37.5 -45.2 45 7.7 -38.1 256 24 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.23 16 250 10840 -46.2 -52.8 47 6.6 -46.5 227 6 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12295 -54.4 -57.2 71 2.8 -54.5 64 22 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14124 -55.2 -78.7 4 23.4 -55.6 229 31 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16688 -58.5 -84.6 2 26.0 -58.9 195 15 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.13 m Freezing level: 577.76 mb = 4735.46 m = 15536.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.62 mb = 3865.59 m = 12682.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.27 mb = 1076.51 m = 3531.83 ft T: 22.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 26.88 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.16 mb = 2651.04 m = 8697.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.48 C = 95.87 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 41.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 639.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2306.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.48 mb = 1714.64 m = 5625.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.48 mb = 3854.67 m = 12646.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.48 mb = 12843.36 m = 42136.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2265.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.48 mb = 15888.65 m = 52127.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 453.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.36 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 158.96 m/s