MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 45.60,-97.65 Latitude: 45.60 Longitude: -97.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 960 487 16.2 15.8 98 0.4 16.0 36 6 292.7 294.8 290.7 326.4 11.85 2 950 579 15.8 15.3 97 0.5 15.5 44 8 293.2 295.3 290.6 326.3 11.61 3 900 1039 14.9 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 53 3 296.9 298.8 291.2 328.3 10.85 4 850 1522 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 298 4 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.1 9.87 5 800 2029 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.1 283 8 301.4 303.0 291.1 327.8 8.93 6 750 2563 6.8 6.3 97 0.4 6.5 261 8 303.9 305.4 291.2 328.0 8.02 7 700 3128 4.0 3.8 99 0.1 3.9 229 9 306.9 308.2 291.4 328.8 7.22 8 650 3728 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 219 15 309.4 310.6 291.2 328.2 6.07 9 600 4367 -2.4 -2.7 98 0.3 -2.6 225 23 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.8 5.23 10 550 5054 -5.8 -6.2 97 0.4 -6.0 236 30 317.2 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.36 11 500 5796 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.5 -9.6 241 38 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.61 12 450 6604 -14.1 -14.4 97 0.3 -14.2 251 43 325.5 326.1 293.0 335.0 2.79 13 400 7488 -19.9 -19.9 100 0.0 -19.9 250 42 329.1 329.5 293.3 336.0 1.97 14 350 8464 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 252 45 331.6 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.14 15 300 9553 -36.4 -36.5 99 0.1 -36.4 260 56 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.2 0.56 16 250 10789 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.6 253 68 336.9 336.9 293.8 337.8 0.23 17 200 12229 -58.4 -58.8 95 0.4 -58.4 249 74 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 14043 -56.1 -75.6 7 19.4 -56.5 258 46 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.4 0.01 19 100 16614 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 274 15 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.56 m Freezing level: 642.60 mb = 3822.40 m = 12540.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3816.60 m = 12521.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.41 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.03 mb = 533.92 m = 1751.70 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1433.03 m = 4701.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.95 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6716.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.95 mb = 1086.37 m = 3564.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -11.7 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 76.10 m/s