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: 46.88,-99.82 Latitude: 46.88 Longitude: -99.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 1 950 447 SFC 937 570 29.2 21.0 61 8.2 23.2 98 9 308.1 311.2 298.6 359.4 16.95 3 900 929 28.6 18.5 54 10.1 21.3 134 19 310.9 313.8 298.1 356.9 15.01 4 850 1436 25.6 16.0 55 9.6 18.9 171 22 313.0 315.6 297.7 354.9 13.58 5 800 1966 21.1 14.4 65 6.7 16.5 191 24 313.7 316.2 297.5 353.9 13.00 6 750 2522 16.7 12.6 77 4.0 13.9 213 27 314.7 317.0 297.3 353.0 12.34 7 700 3107 11.9 10.3 90 1.5 10.9 226 32 315.6 317.8 296.8 350.9 11.33 8 650 3725 9.6 -2.9 41 12.5 3.1 243 34 319.8 320.7 293.1 335.3 4.77 9 600 4384 4.7 -9.4 35 14.1 -1.7 243 33 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.0 3.13 10 550 5085 -1.2 -13.0 40 11.8 -6.0 235 37 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.3 2.55 11 500 5836 -7.2 -19.7 36 12.5 -11.3 237 43 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.8 1.60 12 450 6647 -13.4 -23.8 41 10.3 -16.3 246 44 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.7 1.25 13 400 7533 -19.6 -29.3 42 9.6 -21.7 245 45 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.6 0.85 14 350 8509 -26.3 -36.6 37 10.4 -27.9 251 35 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.1 0.47 15 300 9609 -33.2 -46.8 24 13.6 -34.4 249 23 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.19 16 250 10862 -43.6 -53.8 31 10.3 -44.1 246 20 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.10 17 200 12322 -55.5 -58.4 70 2.9 -55.5 305 16 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14107 -64.6 -67.1 71 2.5 -64.6 327 21 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.03 19 100 16633 -58.6 -84.8 2 26.2 -59.0 248 23 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.53 m Freezing level: 559.95 mb = 4945.49 m = 16225.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.69 mb = 4144.66 m = 13597.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 34.99 C = 94.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.91 mb = 1624.14 m = 5328.48 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.23 mb = 2725.45 m = 8941.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.87 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 47.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2675.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.50 mb = 2278.82 m = 7476.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.50 mb = 3028.51 m = 9935.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.50 mb = 13843.93 m = 45419.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2670.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 381.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.37 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 184.63 m/s