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: 46.33,-97.54 Latitude: 46.33 Longitude: -97.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 962 359 30.5 22.0 60 8.5 24.3 129 15 307.0 310.3 298.7 360.0 17.58 2 950 472 29.6 21.2 61 8.4 23.4 133 23 307.2 310.3 298.3 358.1 16.88 3 900 952 25.3 19.8 72 5.5 21.3 146 29 307.6 310.7 298.1 357.0 16.36 4 850 1454 22.6 18.0 75 4.6 19.3 174 33 309.8 312.7 298.1 356.8 15.43 5 800 1980 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.0 196 36 311.6 314.3 297.9 355.9 14.43 6 750 2535 18.6 7.2 47 11.4 11.4 207 36 316.8 318.4 295.2 343.7 8.54 7 700 3126 17.0 -4.2 23 21.2 5.8 213 29 321.3 322.0 292.9 334.4 4.00 8 650 3751 12.1 -8.6 23 20.7 2.2 233 26 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.8 3.06 9 600 4413 6.1 -10.9 28 17.0 -1.5 239 27 323.2 323.7 292.4 332.5 2.77 10 550 5117 -0.5 -12.2 41 11.6 -5.4 243 32 323.4 324.0 292.4 332.6 2.73 11 500 5869 -7.4 -14.3 58 6.9 -10.1 243 35 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.53 12 450 6679 -14.0 -20.4 58 6.4 -16.0 250 34 325.6 326.0 292.1 331.4 1.68 13 400 7562 -20.3 -26.2 59 5.9 -21.7 257 28 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.6 1.13 14 350 8536 -28.0 -31.8 70 3.8 -28.6 255 30 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.76 15 300 9626 -35.2 -50.9 19 15.7 -36.3 243 23 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10872 -44.3 -58.8 18 14.5 -44.9 248 15 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12327 -56.3 -59.5 67 3.2 -56.4 236 15 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.06 18 150 14108 -61.8 -73.1 21 11.4 -61.9 274 33 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16646 -58.9 -84.7 2 25.7 -59.3 253 16 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.02 m Freezing level: 554.14 mb = 5058.90 m = 16597.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.53 mb = 4134.89 m = 13565.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.93 % Est. max temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.93 mb = 1444.30 m = 4738.45 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.89 C/km ThetaE index: 27.59 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.64 mb = 3300.40 m = 10827.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.97 C = 112.95 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: -7.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.39 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3030.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 274.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.96 mb = 1661.03 m = 5449.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.96 mb = 4345.22 m = 14255.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.96 mb = 13906.26 m = 45623.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2986.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 405.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.59 Bulk Rich Number: 18.96 Bulk Shear: 159.87 m/s