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: 46.66,-97.38 Latitude: 46.66 Longitude: -97.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 965 328 25.8 22.7 83 3.2 23.5 125 12 302.0 305.4 297.9 355.9 18.23 2 950 469 25.7 22.3 82 3.4 23.2 130 22 303.3 306.6 298.1 357.2 18.14 3 900 947 25.7 19.9 70 5.8 21.5 168 30 308.0 311.1 298.3 357.9 16.50 4 850 1450 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 18.9 197 31 311.4 314.1 297.7 355.1 14.26 5 800 1979 21.2 14.0 64 7.2 16.3 217 29 313.7 316.1 297.3 352.9 12.67 6 750 2537 19.0 9.0 52 10.0 12.5 237 34 317.2 319.0 296.1 347.6 9.66 7 700 3126 15.2 4.2 48 11.0 8.6 247 38 319.3 320.7 295.0 342.9 7.40 8 650 3749 10.3 -4.8 34 15.0 2.6 248 37 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.13 9 600 4408 4.9 -10.3 32 15.2 -1.9 242 32 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.4 2.90 10 550 5110 -1.0 -14.3 36 13.3 -6.2 245 35 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.30 11 500 5861 -7.0 -16.9 45 9.9 -10.5 239 35 324.5 324.9 292.1 331.5 2.04 12 450 6673 -13.8 -21.0 54 7.2 -15.9 234 34 325.9 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.59 13 400 7556 -20.2 -27.0 55 6.8 -21.8 243 34 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.4 1.05 14 350 8530 -27.8 -33.8 57 6.0 -28.8 244 35 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.63 15 300 9620 -34.9 -47.5 27 12.6 -36.0 241 25 336.2 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.18 16 250 10871 -42.7 -51.2 39 8.5 -43.3 252 12 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.14 17 200 12336 -55.1 -56.0 90 0.9 -55.1 295 17 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 18 150 14112 -65.8 -67.9 76 2.0 -65.9 317 33 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.03 19 100 16639 -58.4 -84.9 2 26.5 -58.7 258 15 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.93 m Freezing level: 558.36 mb = 4992.31 m = 16378.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.21 mb = 4121.88 m = 13523.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.90 % Est. max temperature: 36.68 C = 98.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.19 mb = 731.73 m = 2400.66 ft T: 25.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 27.22 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2884.35 m = 9462.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.10 C = 107.77 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2937.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 301.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.38 mb = 1446.51 m = 4745.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.38 mb = 3936.13 m = 12913.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.38 mb = 14307.15 m = 46938.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2892.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 487.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 487.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.27 Bulk Shear: 205.93 m/s