MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.32,-96.89 Latitude: 45.32 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 29 SFC 951 464 29.5 22.9 67 6.7 24.6 188 16 307.0 310.5 299.4 363.6 18.74 2 950 477 30.0 22.3 64 7.7 24.3 189 19 307.6 311.0 299.2 362.5 18.14 3 900 959 26.6 20.0 67 6.6 21.8 196 33 308.9 312.0 298.5 359.1 16.54 4 850 1465 27.2 12.5 40 14.7 17.3 234 31 314.6 316.7 296.2 348.1 10.77 5 800 2000 26.1 -0.5 17 26.7 11.1 264 28 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.9 4.60 6 750 2563 22.3 -9.7 11 32.1 6.8 264 24 320.8 321.3 291.4 328.9 2.43 7 700 3155 17.3 -11.5 13 28.7 4.1 256 22 321.6 322.0 291.5 329.2 2.27 8 650 3780 11.7 -12.5 17 24.3 1.0 250 23 322.3 322.7 291.7 329.8 2.24 9 600 4441 5.7 -11.8 27 17.4 -1.9 252 27 322.7 323.2 292.1 331.4 2.59 10 550 5144 -1.0 -10.5 48 9.5 -5.1 253 31 322.9 323.5 292.6 333.3 3.12 11 500 5895 -7.8 -12.9 66 5.2 -9.8 255 37 323.5 324.1 292.5 333.0 2.82 12 450 6705 -13.4 -29.0 26 15.7 -17.1 256 31 326.4 326.6 291.5 329.2 0.77 13 400 7591 -19.0 -39.4 15 20.4 -22.4 252 26 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 14 350 8570 -26.8 -38.6 32 11.8 -28.5 254 21 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.39 15 300 9661 -35.5 -47.8 27 12.4 -36.5 244 17 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.17 16 250 10904 -45.5 -55.3 32 9.8 -46.0 260 21 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.08 17 200 12350 -57.7 -59.5 79 1.9 -57.7 303 20 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.06 18 150 14126 -62.3 -70.8 31 8.5 -62.4 275 19 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.02 19 100 16658 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 261 11 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.07 m Freezing level: 557.51 mb = 5038.53 m = 16530.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.66 mb = 4003.34 m = 13134.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.89 % Est. max temperature: 41.22 C = 106.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.03 mb = 1319.82 m = 4330.08 ft T: 27.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.14 C/km ThetaE index: 34.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.12 mb = 3472.75 m = 11393.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.24 C = 111.64 F Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 18.73 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3127.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 495.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.29 mb = 2062.13 m = 6765.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.29 mb = 4314.34 m = 14154.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.29 mb = 13754.60 m = 45126.11 ft B at Equ Level: 3116.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.8 neg: -10.8 tot: 262.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.35 Bulk Rich Number: 38.78 Bulk Shear: 80.66 m/s