MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 45.99,-96.26 Latitude: 45.99 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 966 328 31.4 21.6 56 9.8 24.2 258 9 307.6 310.8 298.5 359.1 17.05 2 950 471 30.4 20.5 56 9.9 23.2 261 16 308.0 311.1 298.1 357.1 16.23 3 900 953 27.3 18.2 58 9.0 20.8 270 22 309.6 312.4 297.6 354.6 14.78 4 850 1457 24.3 16.6 62 7.7 18.9 272 16 311.6 314.2 297.7 354.9 14.12 5 800 1986 20.0 14.9 73 5.1 16.5 268 13 312.5 315.1 297.5 354.0 13.48 6 750 2539 15.3 13.4 88 1.9 14.0 253 13 313.2 315.7 297.4 353.4 13.02 7 700 3122 12.8 4.1 55 8.7 7.6 231 23 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.8 7.33 8 650 3743 10.6 -6.3 30 16.9 2.2 220 34 321.0 321.7 292.6 333.1 3.67 9 600 4404 5.5 -9.3 34 14.7 -1.3 221 41 322.5 323.1 292.5 332.9 3.16 10 550 5107 -0.5 -11.4 44 10.8 -5.1 224 48 323.5 324.1 292.6 333.3 2.92 11 500 5860 -7.2 -12.7 65 5.4 -9.4 233 56 324.3 324.8 292.8 334.0 2.89 12 450 6671 -12.9 -25.6 34 12.7 -16.3 240 53 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.8 1.06 13 400 7558 -19.2 -28.8 43 9.5 -21.4 241 49 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.2 0.89 14 350 8537 -26.4 -32.4 57 6.0 -27.5 239 49 333.2 333.3 293.3 335.9 0.72 15 300 9632 -35.0 -39.9 61 4.9 -35.5 241 47 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.39 16 250 10874 -45.6 -52.6 45 7.0 -45.9 233 42 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.12 17 200 12321 -56.8 -61.3 57 4.5 -56.9 253 47 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14123 -59.8 -75.4 11 15.6 -60.0 239 63 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16650 -59.5 -84.2 3 24.6 -59.9 219 18 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.34 m Freezing level: 554.27 mb = 5046.88 m = 16557.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.58 mb = 4152.10 m = 13622.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.93 C = 96.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.03 mb = 1580.80 m = 5186.30 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 21.92 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.91 mb = 2449.26 m = 8035.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.81 C = 98.26 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 39.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2679.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.29 mb = 1982.37 m = 6503.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.29 mb = 4196.01 m = 13766.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.29 mb = 13514.47 m = 44338.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2646.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 56.34 Bulk Shear: 47.56 m/s