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: 46.67,-99.33 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 449 SFC 937 576 30.4 20.7 56 9.7 23.3 126 9 309.3 312.4 298.7 359.9 16.65 3 900 933 29.2 17.6 50 11.6 20.9 144 19 311.6 314.3 297.7 355.1 14.19 4 850 1440 25.4 15.7 55 9.7 18.6 168 23 312.7 315.3 297.4 353.7 13.30 5 800 1970 20.9 14.0 65 6.9 16.2 184 26 313.5 315.9 297.2 352.7 12.70 6 750 2525 16.7 12.1 74 4.6 13.6 206 29 314.7 316.9 297.0 351.7 11.91 7 700 3110 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 9.7 230 33 316.8 318.6 295.9 346.7 9.53 8 650 3731 10.7 -6.5 29 17.3 2.2 245 32 321.1 321.8 292.5 333.0 3.60 9 600 4391 5.2 -10.0 33 15.1 -1.7 242 30 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.99 10 550 5093 -0.9 -13.8 37 12.8 -6.1 240 35 323.0 323.4 292.0 331.1 2.40 11 500 5845 -6.9 -19.6 36 12.7 -11.2 239 40 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.2 1.61 12 450 6656 -13.4 -23.8 41 10.4 -16.3 241 40 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.24 13 400 7541 -20.0 -28.5 47 8.5 -21.9 245 41 329.0 329.1 292.3 332.2 0.91 14 350 8516 -26.9 -36.0 42 9.0 -28.3 252 37 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.51 15 300 9614 -33.5 -46.6 26 13.1 -34.8 243 20 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.19 16 250 10865 -43.6 -55.5 26 12.0 -44.2 254 17 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 17 200 12326 -55.5 -60.4 54 5.0 -55.6 296 16 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14108 -64.1 -69.3 49 5.2 -64.1 301 28 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16640 -58.7 -84.8 2 26.2 -59.0 251 21 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.43 m Freezing level: 557.67 mb = 4985.42 m = 16356.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4102.23 m = 13458.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.21 % Est. max temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.20 mb = 1815.94 m = 5957.72 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 29.75 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 2929.96 m = 9612.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.12 C = 98.81 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 42.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2477.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.61 mb = 2404.34 m = 7888.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.61 mb = 4179.34 m = 13711.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.61 mb = 13880.30 m = 45538.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2449.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.40 Bulk Rich Number: 17.12 Bulk Shear: 144.72 m/s