MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.45,-99.27 Latitude: 46.45 Longitude: -99.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 478 SFC 938 593 31.3 19.6 50 11.7 22.8 16 4 310.1 313.0 298.1 357.2 15.46 3 900 960 27.0 17.8 57 9.2 20.5 30 3 309.3 312.0 297.3 353.0 14.36 4 850 1463 22.5 16.6 69 5.9 18.4 185 2 309.7 312.3 297.2 352.6 14.09 5 800 1987 17.7 15.4 86 2.4 16.1 201 6 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.2 13.85 6 750 2537 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.1 214 11 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.8 12.60 7 700 3119 15.1 -6.3 22 21.4 4.5 231 27 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.4 3.41 8 650 3741 10.6 -11.0 21 21.6 0.9 233 31 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.4 2.54 9 600 4400 4.6 -14.0 24 18.6 -3.0 230 36 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.8 2.16 10 550 5100 -1.4 -18.7 25 17.3 -7.5 231 40 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.9 1.59 11 500 5850 -7.6 -21.4 32 13.9 -11.9 232 41 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.6 1.38 12 450 6660 -14.1 -26.9 33 12.8 -17.3 239 43 325.5 325.6 291.4 328.8 0.94 13 400 7541 -21.2 -28.5 52 7.2 -22.8 239 41 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.7 0.91 14 350 8511 -28.7 -29.4 94 0.7 -28.8 243 40 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.6 0.96 15 300 9597 -36.1 -43.5 47 7.4 -36.8 248 37 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.6 0.27 16 250 10837 -45.8 -48.0 78 2.2 -45.9 261 28 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.8 0.20 17 200 12283 -57.1 -57.9 91 0.8 -57.2 265 21 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14087 -56.4 -78.3 5 21.9 -56.7 253 32 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16644 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 268 23 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.29 m Freezing level: 561.63 mb = 4936.97 m = 16197.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.38 mb = 3889.32 m = 12760.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.94 mb = 2073.46 m = 6802.60 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 29.36 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.73 mb = 2271.60 m = 7452.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 25.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2605.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.09 mb = 2147.48 m = 7045.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.09 mb = 2423.06 m = 7949.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 740.09 mb = 2649.06 m = 8691.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 730.09 mb = 2763.82 m = 9067.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 24.61 Bulk Shear: 105.88 m/s