MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.32,-99.65 Latitude: 45.32 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 1 950 435 SFC 935 580 36.5 16.4 31 20.1 22.2 143 13 315.7 318.1 297.7 355.1 12.65 3 900 925 33.9 14.0 30 19.9 20.2 151 24 316.4 318.6 297.0 351.6 11.24 4 850 1439 29.6 11.7 33 17.9 17.6 167 24 317.2 319.2 296.5 349.4 10.24 5 800 1976 25.7 8.5 34 17.2 14.6 189 23 318.6 320.3 295.8 346.3 8.76 6 750 2539 21.3 5.8 36 15.5 11.7 207 24 319.7 321.2 295.4 344.4 7.73 7 700 3131 16.3 3.4 42 12.9 8.6 224 25 320.5 321.9 295.0 342.9 6.99 8 650 3755 10.7 0.7 50 10.0 5.0 235 27 321.1 322.3 294.6 341.0 6.18 9 600 4416 4.7 -3.0 57 7.7 0.7 244 29 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.2 5.11 10 550 5118 -1.1 -9.6 52 8.5 -4.9 256 35 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.9 3.35 11 500 5869 -7.1 -14.5 55 7.4 -9.9 254 40 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.7 2.48 12 450 6682 -12.8 -23.7 39 11.0 -15.9 259 34 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.25 13 400 7569 -19.2 -28.7 43 9.5 -21.4 258 28 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.2 0.89 14 350 8546 -27.5 -35.3 48 7.8 -28.7 249 31 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.7 0.54 15 300 9634 -36.0 -47.5 29 11.6 -36.9 251 30 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10874 -45.6 -54.6 36 9.0 -46.0 238 22 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12326 -56.3 -63.4 40 7.1 -56.5 232 14 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14116 -61.6 -73.4 19 11.8 -61.7 265 29 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16648 -59.9 -84.6 3 24.7 -60.2 256 13 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.41 m Freezing level: 559.40 mb = 4985.56 m = 16356.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.03 mb = 4496.26 m = 14751.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.00 % Est. max temperature: 39.68 C = 103.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.58 mb = 3124.02 m = 10249.28 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.08 mb = 4012.20 m = 13163.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.00 C = 107.60 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1998.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.52 mb = 3493.63 m = 11461.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.52 mb = 4476.07 m = 14685.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.52 mb = 13138.20 m = 43103.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1980.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.52 mb = 16312.57 m = 53518.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.71 Bulk Shear: 135.83 m/s