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: 46.14,-96.81 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 967 323 28.3 22.9 72 5.4 24.3 127 17 304.3 307.7 298.5 359.3 18.43 2 950 480 27.1 21.8 73 5.3 23.2 130 28 304.7 307.9 298.1 357.1 17.57 3 900 957 24.2 20.2 78 4.1 21.3 150 35 306.5 309.6 298.1 356.9 16.77 4 850 1458 22.4 17.7 75 4.7 19.1 178 35 309.6 312.4 297.8 355.6 15.15 5 800 1985 20.9 12.6 59 8.4 15.3 196 37 313.5 315.7 296.4 349.1 11.52 6 750 2544 20.5 3.4 32 17.1 10.3 205 36 318.8 320.1 294.2 339.6 6.51 7 700 3135 16.6 -0.8 31 17.3 6.9 217 28 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.6 5.17 8 650 3760 11.4 -5.4 30 16.8 2.9 226 24 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.8 3.93 9 600 4421 5.7 -8.3 36 14.0 -0.9 241 26 322.7 323.4 292.8 334.1 3.42 10 550 5125 -0.6 -11.5 43 10.9 -5.3 246 28 323.3 323.9 292.5 333.0 2.88 11 500 5876 -7.6 -13.4 63 5.8 -9.9 247 32 323.8 324.3 292.5 332.9 2.71 12 450 6686 -14.0 -20.6 57 6.6 -16.0 257 33 325.6 325.9 292.1 331.3 1.65 13 400 7569 -20.0 -27.7 50 7.7 -21.7 272 27 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.6 0.98 14 350 8545 -27.7 -33.7 56 6.1 -28.6 265 28 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.63 15 300 9634 -36.0 -47.2 31 11.2 -36.9 243 22 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.18 16 250 10875 -44.8 -57.9 22 13.1 -45.4 231 18 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 17 200 12329 -56.3 -59.4 68 3.1 -56.3 212 17 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14112 -60.6 -73.9 16 13.3 -60.7 265 30 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16648 -59.9 -84.7 3 24.8 -60.2 225 12 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.50 m Freezing level: 554.93 mb = 5055.27 m = 16585.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.46 mb = 4264.88 m = 13992.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.03 % Est. max temperature: 35.99 C = 96.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.25 mb = 1013.28 m = 3324.38 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 28.00 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.95 mb = 3159.89 m = 10366.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.67 C = 112.40 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.12 C Showalter Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3002.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 344.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.62 mb = 1390.29 m = 4561.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.62 mb = 4262.69 m = 13985.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.62 mb = 13649.89 m = 44782.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2970.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.6 neg: -4.4 tot: 459.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.52 Bulk Rich Number: 17.22 Bulk Shear: 174.33 m/s