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: 45.12,-96.89 Latitude: 45.12 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 491 SFC 949 504 28.5 22.6 70 5.9 24.2 38 6 306.3 309.7 299.1 361.9 18.51 3 900 970 24.8 18.9 70 5.9 20.6 60 8 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.8 15.49 4 850 1470 20.6 17.8 84 2.7 18.7 109 7 307.7 310.6 297.5 353.9 15.30 5 800 1993 17.9 13.9 78 4.0 15.3 165 13 310.3 312.6 296.4 348.8 12.62 6 750 2545 16.7 2.3 38 14.4 8.5 171 12 314.7 315.8 292.7 333.7 6.04 7 700 3128 12.9 0.9 44 12.0 6.2 199 15 316.8 317.9 293.2 335.3 5.83 8 650 3746 8.6 -2.5 46 11.0 2.8 239 21 318.7 319.6 292.9 334.5 4.91 9 600 4402 4.0 -9.1 38 13.1 -2.0 261 31 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.3 3.20 10 550 5102 -1.7 -10.5 51 8.9 -5.5 246 39 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.4 3.12 11 500 5851 -8.6 -11.4 80 2.8 -9.8 243 45 322.6 323.2 292.6 333.2 3.20 12 450 6659 -14.5 -16.1 88 1.6 -15.0 247 51 325.1 325.5 292.6 333.3 2.43 13 400 7545 -18.2 -19.6 88 1.5 -18.6 258 40 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.4 2.02 14 350 8531 -24.7 -26.8 83 2.1 -25.2 257 38 335.4 335.6 294.3 339.8 1.22 15 300 9631 -33.9 -36.8 75 2.9 -34.3 259 35 337.6 337.7 294.3 339.7 0.55 16 250 10880 -44.3 -45.8 85 1.5 -44.4 271 40 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.25 17 200 12334 -56.4 -58.5 77 2.1 -56.5 278 39 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 18 150 14125 -60.9 -76.6 11 15.7 -61.0 260 32 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16646 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.8 -60.8 220 13 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.53 m Freezing level: 564.84 mb = 4894.46 m = 16057.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.78 mb = 4123.12 m = 13527.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.98 mb = 1256.62 m = 4122.72 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.23 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2438.34 m = 7999.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2594.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.48 mb = 1628.69 m = 5343.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.48 mb = 3499.92 m = 11482.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.48 mb = 13364.73 m = 43847.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2591.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 186.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 20.15 Bulk Shear: 128.77 m/s