MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.43,-98.16 Latitude: 46.43 Longitude: -98.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 956 424 29.6 22.3 65 7.3 24.2 357 11 306.7 310.1 298.9 360.9 18.00 2 950 476 29.2 21.4 63 7.7 23.5 359 14 306.8 310.0 298.4 358.4 17.15 3 900 956 26.3 18.9 64 7.4 21.0 351 11 308.6 311.5 297.8 355.5 15.45 4 850 1459 23.3 16.7 67 6.6 18.7 272 6 310.5 313.2 297.5 353.9 14.22 5 800 1985 18.7 15.3 81 3.4 16.4 242 9 311.1 313.7 297.4 353.4 13.81 6 750 2537 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.6 234 18 312.3 314.7 297.0 351.7 12.81 7 700 3120 14.4 -3.5 29 17.9 5.0 256 33 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.0 4.21 8 650 3741 9.8 -10.8 22 20.7 0.6 261 40 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.7 2.57 9 600 4398 4.0 -13.2 27 17.3 -3.1 255 45 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.29 10 550 5097 -1.8 -16.2 32 14.4 -7.1 251 49 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.7 1.97 11 500 5846 -8.0 -19.1 40 11.1 -11.6 250 50 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.1 1.69 12 450 6655 -14.2 -23.2 47 8.9 -16.7 247 41 325.3 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.31 13 400 7537 -20.3 -29.5 44 9.2 -22.3 245 33 328.6 328.7 292.2 331.6 0.83 14 350 8513 -27.1 -42.0 23 14.8 -29.0 255 37 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.27 15 300 9605 -35.1 -39.0 67 4.0 -35.5 269 31 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.43 16 250 10848 -45.5 -47.9 77 2.4 -45.6 263 26 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.20 17 200 12298 -56.2 -58.7 74 2.5 -56.3 262 21 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.07 18 150 14105 -57.3 -77.6 6 20.4 -57.5 252 23 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16650 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.8 -60.0 278 17 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.25 m Freezing level: 565.14 mb = 4885.48 m = 16028.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.80 mb = 3844.91 m = 12614.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.85 mb = 1357.65 m = 4454.19 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 32.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2222.28 m = 7290.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2877.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.34 mb = 1841.85 m = 6042.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.34 mb = 2555.55 m = 8384.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.34 mb = 2669.30 m = 8757.43 ft B at Equ Level: 13.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.34 mb = 3020.03 m = 9908.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.6 neg: -16.9 tot: 201.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 172.19 m/s