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: 46.61,-99.80 Latitude: 46.61 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 74 1 950 517 SFC 942 592 23.7 19.9 79 3.8 21.0 167 11 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.4 15.72 3 900 991 22.8 18.7 78 4.1 19.9 174 30 305.0 307.8 296.8 350.6 15.27 4 850 1491 23.9 16.1 62 7.8 18.4 212 35 311.2 313.8 297.3 353.0 13.65 5 800 2019 20.2 12.5 61 7.7 15.1 234 31 312.7 314.9 296.2 348.1 11.50 6 750 2573 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 11.7 239 31 313.5 315.4 295.4 344.7 10.05 7 700 3155 11.7 2.9 55 8.8 6.6 246 31 315.4 316.7 293.5 336.7 6.76 8 650 3771 7.8 -7.1 34 14.9 0.8 254 33 317.8 318.5 291.5 329.1 3.46 9 600 4424 2.5 -11.5 35 14.0 -3.4 249 38 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.64 10 550 5120 -3.4 -14.9 41 11.5 -7.7 246 43 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.19 11 500 5864 -9.7 -18.0 51 8.3 -12.5 248 45 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.85 12 450 6670 -14.1 -28.2 29 14.1 -17.5 259 37 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.83 13 400 7552 -20.7 -31.3 38 10.7 -22.8 249 31 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.70 14 350 8524 -28.6 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.9 250 28 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.43 15 300 9606 -37.7 -43.8 53 6.1 -38.2 255 25 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.26 16 250 10837 -46.2 -51.0 58 4.8 -46.4 226 8 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.14 17 200 12292 -54.5 -56.4 79 1.9 -54.6 69 24 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.09 18 150 14119 -54.8 -78.7 4 24.0 -55.1 229 31 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.01 19 100 16687 -58.3 -84.7 2 26.4 -58.6 197 16 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.48 m Freezing level: 578.61 mb = 4721.85 m = 15491.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.61 mb = 3889.75 m = 12761.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.81 mb = 1080.87 m = 3546.13 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 25.58 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.00 mb = 2618.17 m = 8589.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.18 C = 95.32 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 611.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2328.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.27 mb = 1759.05 m = 5771.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.27 mb = 3653.23 m = 11985.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.27 mb = 12641.78 m = 41475.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2316.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.27 mb = 16125.23 m = 52903.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 384.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 384.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.37 Bulk Rich Number: 15.70 Bulk Shear: 148.32 m/s