MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.96,-96.91 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 488 SFC 945 534 28.5 22.9 72 5.6 24.4 46 6 306.6 310.1 299.4 363.7 18.95 3 900 968 25.2 19.7 71 5.5 21.2 68 9 307.5 310.5 298.0 356.5 16.23 4 850 1468 21.0 18.4 85 2.6 19.2 112 8 308.1 311.1 298.0 356.2 15.89 5 800 1992 17.9 15.5 86 2.5 16.3 165 14 310.3 312.9 297.3 352.8 13.96 6 750 2544 16.8 3.7 42 13.1 9.1 173 12 314.8 316.1 293.3 335.8 6.68 7 700 3129 13.3 1.7 45 11.6 6.7 205 16 317.2 318.4 293.6 337.0 6.21 8 650 3748 8.9 -2.2 46 11.1 3.1 248 21 319.1 320.0 293.1 335.3 5.02 9 600 4405 4.4 -10.1 34 14.4 -2.1 260 29 321.2 321.7 292.0 331.0 2.96 10 550 5106 -1.5 -10.2 51 8.7 -5.3 244 39 322.3 323.0 292.5 333.0 3.20 11 500 5855 -8.5 -11.5 79 3.0 -9.7 243 43 322.7 323.3 292.6 333.3 3.18 12 450 6663 -14.6 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 247 49 324.9 325.4 292.5 333.0 2.39 13 400 7548 -18.2 -19.5 89 1.3 -18.7 259 40 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.4 2.03 14 350 8534 -24.7 -27.0 80 2.4 -25.2 258 37 335.5 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.19 15 300 9635 -33.8 -37.0 72 3.3 -34.2 261 35 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.53 16 250 10885 -44.3 -45.6 86 1.3 -44.3 275 40 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.26 17 200 12338 -56.3 -58.7 74 2.4 -56.3 279 37 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 14129 -61.2 -76.2 12 15.0 -61.4 260 30 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16647 -60.7 -84.3 3 23.5 -61.0 220 12 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.25 m Freezing level: 562.57 mb = 4929.42 m = 16172.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.26 mb = 4132.06 m = 13556.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.68 mb = 1248.07 m = 4094.66 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 27.90 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 1908.45 m = 6261.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 26.89 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2962.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.15 mb = 1610.48 m = 5283.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.15 mb = 3480.32 m = 11418.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.15 mb = 13682.35 m = 44889.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2946.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 198.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 22.03 Bulk Shear: 134.52 m/s