MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.47,-96.50 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 967 301 24.8 22.3 86 2.4 23.0 146 17 300.8 304.1 297.3 353.2 17.83 2 950 453 24.3 21.9 86 2.5 22.5 149 29 301.9 305.1 297.5 353.9 17.63 3 900 928 26.1 16.8 57 9.3 19.6 191 42 308.4 310.9 296.4 349.2 13.49 4 850 1436 29.0 8.4 27 20.7 15.8 209 46 316.6 318.1 294.8 342.2 8.14 5 800 1972 25.6 6.1 29 19.5 13.4 216 44 318.4 319.8 294.8 341.9 7.38 6 750 2534 20.6 4.8 35 15.8 10.9 212 41 318.9 320.3 294.8 341.8 7.20 7 700 3124 15.5 2.5 42 13.0 7.9 213 38 319.6 320.9 294.5 340.6 6.56 8 650 3747 9.7 1.3 56 8.4 4.9 211 38 320.0 321.2 294.5 340.8 6.50 9 600 4404 3.8 -3.6 58 7.4 0.0 209 40 320.5 321.5 293.4 336.4 4.89 10 550 5104 -2.1 -12.4 45 10.3 -6.3 202 42 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.5 2.68 11 500 5852 -8.9 -16.6 54 7.7 -11.6 207 41 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.3 2.09 12 450 6657 -15.1 -15.4 98 0.3 -15.2 218 35 324.3 324.8 292.5 333.0 2.57 13 400 7538 -20.3 -24.3 70 4.0 -21.3 236 26 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.4 1.34 14 350 8513 -27.7 -31.1 72 3.5 -28.3 233 21 331.5 331.6 292.9 334.5 0.81 15 300 9602 -36.2 -43.6 47 7.3 -36.9 250 27 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.3 0.27 16 250 10840 -46.3 -51.6 55 5.2 -46.6 270 32 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.13 17 200 12283 -56.5 -60.8 58 4.3 -56.6 275 20 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14079 -60.1 -73.2 16 13.1 -60.3 273 23 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16627 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.0 223 9 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.43 m Freezing level: 567.85 mb = 4854.20 m = 15925.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.84 mb = 4406.48 m = 14456.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.91 % Est. max temperature: 41.57 C = 106.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.36 mb = 608.16 m = 1995.24 ft T: 24.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3318.54 m = 10887.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.50 C = 110.31 F Cap Strength: 10.47 C Lifted Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.78 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.25 C K Index: 33.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2155.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 635.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.12 mb = 1752.08 m = 5748.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.12 mb = 4199.79 m = 13778.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.12 mb = 13112.39 m = 43019.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2117.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.12 mb = 16312.67 m = 53518.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.7 neg: -27.5 tot: 436.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.25 Bulk Rich Number: 21.37 Bulk Shear: 100.85 m/s