MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.59,-98.29 Latitude: 46.59 Longitude: -98.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 953 433 25.4 21.6 80 3.8 22.6 100 7 302.6 305.8 297.4 353.8 17.29 2 950 463 26.0 21.5 76 4.5 22.8 103 9 303.6 306.8 297.7 354.9 17.26 3 900 943 26.8 19.2 63 7.7 21.3 162 24 309.2 312.1 298.1 357.0 15.73 4 850 1448 24.8 16.7 60 8.2 19.1 193 28 312.1 314.8 297.8 355.7 14.18 5 800 1978 21.9 13.8 60 8.0 16.4 213 29 314.5 316.8 297.3 353.3 12.52 6 750 2537 19.5 8.2 48 11.3 12.3 228 35 317.7 319.5 295.8 346.6 9.14 7 700 3126 14.5 6.0 57 8.5 9.3 234 34 318.5 320.2 295.6 345.3 8.43 8 650 3747 9.0 3.2 67 5.8 5.6 239 34 319.2 320.6 295.0 342.9 7.44 9 600 4404 3.6 -3.1 61 6.8 0.1 238 34 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.7 5.06 10 550 5103 -2.0 -12.0 46 10.0 -6.1 242 36 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.0 2.78 11 500 5853 -7.6 -16.1 50 8.6 -10.7 247 40 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.2 2.17 12 450 6664 -13.4 -22.4 46 9.0 -16.0 240 39 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.41 13 400 7549 -19.8 -27.1 52 7.3 -21.5 239 37 329.2 329.4 292.5 333.0 1.04 14 350 8525 -27.3 -35.5 46 8.2 -28.6 239 35 331.9 332.0 292.8 333.9 0.53 15 300 9619 -33.7 -46.7 26 13.0 -34.9 244 23 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.19 16 250 10871 -43.0 -54.4 28 11.4 -43.6 242 14 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.09 17 200 12335 -55.1 -57.1 78 2.0 -55.2 245 12 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.08 18 150 14112 -65.7 -67.4 79 1.7 -65.7 319 20 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.03 19 100 16638 -57.6 -84.9 2 27.4 -58.0 259 18 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.79 m Freezing level: 567.81 mb = 4854.34 m = 15926.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.91 mb = 4418.88 m = 14497.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.88 C = 98.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.84 mb = 915.22 m = 3002.66 ft T: 26.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 25.96 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.86 mb = 3006.50 m = 9863.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.92 C = 105.65 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 40.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2724.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 297.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.22 mb = 1802.45 m = 5913.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.22 mb = 3731.23 m = 12241.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.22 mb = 14062.02 m = 46134.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2704.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 434.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.56 Bulk Shear: 164.52 m/s