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: 46.87,-99.49 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 1 950 450 SFC 938 566 28.1 21.2 66 6.9 23.0 104 11 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.3 17.10 3 900 931 27.9 18.5 57 9.4 21.2 132 22 310.3 313.1 298.0 356.3 15.06 4 850 1437 25.1 16.2 58 8.8 18.9 169 25 312.4 315.0 297.7 354.9 13.80 5 800 1966 20.5 14.3 67 6.2 16.3 184 28 313.0 315.5 297.3 352.9 12.93 6 750 2521 16.1 12.5 80 3.5 13.7 203 30 314.0 316.3 297.1 352.0 12.27 7 700 3105 11.8 9.8 88 2.0 10.5 225 34 315.5 317.7 296.5 349.7 10.94 8 650 3724 10.0 -4.0 37 14.0 2.8 239 35 320.3 321.2 293.0 334.6 4.39 9 600 4383 4.9 -9.1 35 14.1 -1.5 238 34 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.4 3.19 10 550 5085 -1.1 -12.6 41 11.6 -5.8 235 36 322.8 323.3 292.2 331.7 2.63 11 500 5837 -6.9 -20.1 34 13.2 -11.3 237 43 324.6 324.9 291.7 329.9 1.55 12 450 6648 -13.4 -23.7 42 10.3 -16.3 242 42 326.4 326.7 291.9 330.8 1.26 13 400 7533 -19.6 -28.7 45 9.0 -21.7 244 44 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.7 0.90 14 350 8510 -25.8 -35.8 38 10.1 -27.4 252 35 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.51 15 300 9611 -33.0 -44.7 30 11.6 -34.3 249 22 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.24 16 250 10864 -43.4 -52.2 37 8.9 -43.9 255 19 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.12 17 200 12324 -55.4 -57.0 82 1.7 -55.4 317 22 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.09 18 150 14108 -64.6 -67.3 69 2.7 -64.7 318 30 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.03 19 100 16635 -58.4 -84.9 2 26.4 -58.8 247 21 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.51 m Freezing level: 558.84 mb = 4960.61 m = 16274.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.34 mb = 4148.47 m = 13610.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.36 mb = 1453.69 m = 4769.26 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 28.37 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.21 mb = 2620.87 m = 8598.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.39 C = 95.70 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 46.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2527.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.36 mb = 2169.01 m = 7116.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.36 mb = 3028.34 m = 9935.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.36 mb = 3391.82 m = 11127.88 ft B at Equ Level: 24.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 438.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.77 Bulk Rich Number: 12.77 Bulk Shear: 197.98 m/s