MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.39,-97.13 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 956 499 23.9 21.9 89 2.0 22.5 156 8 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.4 17.53 2 950 559 25.2 21.7 81 3.6 22.6 160 13 302.8 306.0 297.5 354.4 17.42 3 900 1036 23.8 19.9 79 3.9 21.0 179 28 306.0 309.1 297.8 355.5 16.47 4 850 1534 20.7 17.7 83 3.0 18.6 201 31 307.9 310.7 297.4 353.6 15.15 5 800 2058 18.6 13.9 75 4.6 15.4 215 30 310.9 313.3 296.5 349.5 12.62 6 750 2612 18.3 5.1 42 13.2 10.3 218 26 316.5 317.9 294.2 339.6 7.35 7 700 3200 14.8 -2.5 30 17.2 5.6 226 23 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.6 4.56 8 650 3820 9.8 -10.9 22 20.7 0.5 247 22 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.5 2.55 9 600 4477 3.9 -14.5 25 18.4 -3.5 252 26 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.06 10 550 5175 -2.6 -16.4 34 13.8 -7.7 254 30 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.5 1.93 11 500 5921 -9.2 -19.7 42 10.5 -12.5 260 32 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.4 1.61 12 450 6727 -14.9 -26.2 37 11.3 -17.7 265 26 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 1.00 13 400 7607 -21.2 -33.7 32 12.5 -23.5 272 27 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.55 14 350 8578 -28.1 -42.3 25 14.2 -29.9 277 32 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 15 300 9667 -35.7 -45.7 35 10.1 -36.5 281 29 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.21 16 250 10909 -45.2 -55.2 32 10.0 -45.7 273 25 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12365 -55.3 -57.5 75 2.3 -55.3 308 41 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.6 0.08 18 150 14157 -61.5 -73.6 18 12.1 -61.7 282 24 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16687 -59.4 -84.4 2 25.0 -59.7 235 13 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.79 m Freezing level: 570.11 mb = 4894.54 m = 16057.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.23 mb = 3906.16 m = 12815.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.60 mb = 750.21 m = 2461.30 ft T: 24.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 28.11 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2914.78 m = 9562.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.52 C = 104.93 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -7.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 26.84 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2798.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.48 mb = 1437.61 m = 4716.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.48 mb = 4018.60 m = 13184.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.48 mb = 13582.68 m = 44562.04 ft B at Equ Level: 2762.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.8 neg: -8.7 tot: 259.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.61 Bulk Rich Number: 34.75 Bulk Shear: 80.53 m/s