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: 46.82,-99.59 Latitude: 46.82 Longitude: -99.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 448 SFC 937 573 29.0 21.1 62 7.9 23.2 107 10 307.8 311.0 298.5 359.2 17.01 3 900 930 28.5 18.3 54 10.2 21.2 135 20 310.9 313.7 298.0 356.3 14.85 4 850 1437 25.4 16.0 56 9.4 18.8 170 23 312.7 315.3 297.6 354.6 13.57 5 800 1967 20.9 14.2 66 6.7 16.3 186 26 313.4 315.9 297.3 353.1 12.84 6 750 2522 16.4 12.4 77 4.0 13.7 207 29 314.4 316.8 297.1 352.2 12.16 7 700 3107 12.1 9.5 85 2.5 10.4 226 34 315.9 317.9 296.5 349.5 10.76 8 650 3726 10.1 -4.1 37 14.2 2.8 242 34 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.33 9 600 4385 4.9 -9.4 35 14.3 -1.6 241 33 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.2 3.14 10 550 5087 -1.0 -13.1 39 12.1 -6.0 236 37 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.4 2.53 11 500 5838 -7.0 -20.1 34 13.1 -11.3 238 43 324.5 324.8 291.7 329.9 1.55 12 450 6649 -13.4 -23.9 41 10.4 -16.3 243 42 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.24 13 400 7535 -19.7 -28.8 44 9.1 -21.7 245 44 329.4 329.5 292.4 332.6 0.89 14 350 8511 -26.2 -35.9 39 9.8 -27.8 251 36 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.51 15 300 9611 -33.2 -45.4 28 12.2 -34.4 247 22 338.6 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.22 16 250 10864 -43.5 -53.2 34 9.7 -44.0 251 19 341.4 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.11 17 200 12324 -55.4 -58.1 72 2.7 -55.5 311 18 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.08 18 150 14108 -64.4 -67.7 64 3.3 -64.4 316 26 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.03 19 100 16636 -58.5 -84.8 2 26.3 -58.9 248 22 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.18 m Freezing level: 558.78 mb = 4963.40 m = 16283.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.44 mb = 4135.72 m = 13568.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.22 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.43 mb = 1587.96 m = 5209.78 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 29.38 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.13 mb = 2726.51 m = 8945.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.96 C = 96.72 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -6.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 45.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2565.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.37 mb = 2269.34 m = 7445.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.37 mb = 3138.09 m = 10295.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.37 mb = 3258.77 m = 10691.37 ft B at Equ Level: 19.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 404.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.36 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 182.82 m/s