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: 46.90,-99.78 Latitude: 46.90 Longitude: -99.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 447 SFC 937 568 28.9 21.1 63 7.8 23.2 97 9 307.7 310.8 298.5 359.1 17.01 3 900 929 28.4 18.5 55 9.8 21.3 133 20 310.7 313.6 298.1 356.9 15.10 4 850 1436 25.5 16.1 56 9.4 18.9 171 23 312.8 315.4 297.7 355.0 13.66 5 800 1966 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.5 190 24 313.5 316.0 297.4 353.8 13.03 6 750 2522 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 13.9 211 27 314.5 316.9 297.3 352.9 12.39 7 700 3106 11.7 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 226 32 315.5 317.7 296.8 351.0 11.39 8 650 3724 9.6 -2.8 42 12.4 3.1 242 34 319.8 320.7 293.2 335.3 4.80 9 600 4383 4.7 -9.3 35 14.0 -1.7 242 33 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.0 3.15 10 550 5084 -1.2 -12.8 41 11.6 -6.0 234 37 322.7 323.2 292.1 331.4 2.59 11 500 5836 -7.2 -19.8 36 12.6 -11.3 237 44 324.3 324.6 291.7 329.8 1.60 12 450 6646 -13.4 -23.7 42 10.3 -16.3 246 44 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.8 1.25 13 400 7532 -19.6 -29.2 42 9.6 -21.7 245 45 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.6 0.85 14 350 8509 -26.1 -36.6 37 10.5 -27.8 251 35 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.3 0.47 15 300 9609 -33.1 -46.5 25 13.3 -34.4 249 23 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.20 16 250 10862 -43.5 -53.4 33 9.9 -44.0 248 20 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.11 17 200 12322 -55.4 -58.0 73 2.5 -55.5 309 17 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.08 18 150 14107 -64.6 -66.9 73 2.3 -64.7 328 22 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.03 19 100 16633 -58.6 -84.8 2 26.3 -58.9 247 23 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.07 m Freezing level: 560.00 mb = 4944.06 m = 16220.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.69 mb = 4143.89 m = 13595.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.22 mb = 1568.50 m = 5145.93 ft T: 24.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 29.23 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2688.87 m = 8821.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.85 C = 96.54 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 47.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2663.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.94 mb = 2240.18 m = 7349.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.94 mb = 2986.71 m = 9798.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.94 mb = 14109.90 m = 46291.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2621.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 393.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.53 Bulk Rich Number: 14.02 Bulk Shear: 190.00 m/s