MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.57,-99.70 Latitude: 46.57 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 517 SFC 942 596 23.3 20.7 85 2.6 21.5 130 11 301.6 304.7 296.7 350.5 16.58 3 900 991 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 20.9 154 33 306.4 309.4 297.7 355.2 16.25 4 850 1493 23.0 16.5 67 6.5 18.5 172 30 310.3 312.9 297.3 353.1 14.04 5 800 2021 21.2 13.0 59 8.2 15.6 205 25 313.7 316.0 296.7 350.4 11.83 6 750 2577 17.7 8.5 55 9.2 11.8 237 22 315.8 317.6 295.5 344.9 9.31 7 700 3163 13.4 -0.8 37 14.2 5.6 261 19 317.3 318.3 292.7 333.9 5.16 8 650 3781 8.7 -5.2 37 13.9 1.8 277 23 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.9 4.01 9 600 4437 3.5 -7.8 44 11.2 -1.7 270 33 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.8 3.55 10 550 5135 -2.6 -12.1 48 9.5 -6.5 273 33 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.2 2.76 11 500 5883 -8.1 -18.0 45 9.9 -11.5 266 31 323.2 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.85 12 450 6692 -13.9 -22.9 46 9.0 -16.4 257 30 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.5 1.35 13 400 7575 -20.3 -30.7 39 10.4 -22.4 253 29 328.6 328.8 292.1 331.3 0.74 14 350 8549 -27.8 -40.3 29 12.5 -29.4 251 34 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 15 300 9636 -36.9 -42.6 55 5.7 -37.4 254 37 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 16 250 10870 -46.7 -54.4 41 7.7 -47.1 259 32 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.09 17 200 12317 -56.2 -61.7 49 5.6 -56.3 252 35 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14113 -62.4 -72.3 25 9.9 -62.5 245 29 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16654 -59.0 -84.3 2 25.3 -59.3 248 14 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.03 m Freezing level: 571.37 mb = 4836.49 m = 15867.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.31 mb = 4111.33 m = 13488.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.85 % Est. max temperature: 35.55 C = 95.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.08 mb = 922.64 m = 3026.99 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 25.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.80 mb = 2867.22 m = 9406.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.01 C = 100.42 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2724.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.25 mb = 1697.44 m = 5568.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.25 mb = 3841.07 m = 12601.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.25 mb = 13508.92 m = 44320.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2694.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 376.9 neg: -3.3 tot: 373.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.37 Bulk Rich Number: 13.70 Bulk Shear: 198.87 m/s