MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.53,-98.78 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 955 514 19.3 17.7 91 1.6 18.2 154 11 296.3 298.8 293.1 335.2 13.49 2 950 559 19.3 17.5 90 1.8 18.1 155 14 296.8 299.2 293.2 335.5 13.40 3 900 1023 16.7 15.8 94 0.9 16.1 167 27 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.4 12.60 4 850 1510 15.4 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 199 26 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.4 12.90 5 800 2025 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 225 17 305.9 308.1 294.8 342.1 12.08 6 750 2568 12.0 8.7 80 3.3 9.9 237 15 309.6 311.3 293.9 338.4 9.44 7 700 3147 11.6 -3.7 34 15.3 3.8 259 23 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.6 4.15 8 650 3761 7.0 -9.8 29 16.8 -0.4 253 27 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.0 2.78 9 600 4412 1.7 -14.6 29 16.3 -4.6 243 26 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.9 2.06 10 550 5106 -3.4 -21.2 24 17.8 -9.1 246 29 320.1 320.3 290.1 324.5 1.28 11 500 5852 -8.7 -27.2 21 18.5 -13.5 250 27 322.4 322.6 290.4 325.4 0.82 12 450 6659 -14.3 -32.2 21 17.8 -18.1 254 25 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.3 0.57 13 400 7541 -20.4 -30.8 39 10.4 -22.5 267 23 328.4 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.73 14 350 8514 -27.9 -43.9 20 16.1 -29.7 272 24 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.22 15 300 9600 -37.1 -50.8 23 13.7 -38.0 272 25 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 16 250 10834 -46.6 -51.9 54 5.3 -46.8 275 29 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.13 17 200 12281 -56.0 -57.5 83 1.5 -56.1 280 38 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.08 18 150 14106 -55.9 -78.1 5 22.2 -56.2 233 25 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16678 -58.1 -84.8 2 26.7 -58.5 214 14 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.55 m Freezing level: 583.24 mb = 4644.48 m = 15237.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.32 mb = 3693.20 m = 12116.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.43 mb = 709.64 m = 2328.19 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1619.93 m = 5314.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.03 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 24.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.78 mb = 1110.56 m = 3643.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.78 mb = 5608.58 m = 18400.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.78 mb = 10419.64 m = 34184.74 ft B at Equ Level: 151.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.78 mb = 12096.14 m = 39685.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: -12.4 tot: 195.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 93.17 m/s