MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.12,-99.81 Latitude: 45.12 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 461 SFC 936 589 28.3 20.2 62 8.1 22.5 100 13 307.2 310.2 297.9 355.9 16.16 3 900 943 29.4 17.9 50 11.5 21.2 129 30 311.8 314.5 298.0 356.2 14.46 4 850 1454 29.5 11.7 33 17.8 17.5 164 28 317.0 319.0 296.4 349.1 10.22 5 800 1990 25.5 8.2 33 17.3 14.4 175 26 318.3 320.0 295.6 345.4 8.55 6 750 2553 20.7 4.2 34 16.5 10.7 188 22 319.1 320.4 294.6 341.2 6.92 7 700 3143 16.6 -7.0 19 23.6 4.9 220 19 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.23 8 650 3767 11.3 -10.6 20 21.8 1.3 244 19 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.5 2.63 9 600 4428 5.7 -14.2 22 19.9 -2.5 243 24 322.7 323.1 291.7 329.9 2.13 10 550 5131 -0.6 -14.4 34 13.9 -6.1 246 31 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.1 2.27 11 500 5884 -6.6 -23.9 24 17.3 -11.8 249 29 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.11 12 450 6697 -12.7 -30.4 21 17.7 -16.9 241 27 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.68 13 400 7582 -20.3 -26.3 59 5.9 -21.7 242 30 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.6 1.12 14 350 8557 -27.4 -28.8 87 1.5 -27.7 258 26 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.01 15 300 9646 -36.4 -38.6 80 2.2 -36.7 255 35 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.45 16 250 10881 -46.8 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 252 46 336.4 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 17 200 12329 -55.9 -60.8 54 4.9 -56.0 279 42 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14112 -63.3 -72.0 30 8.7 -63.4 268 39 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.02 19 100 16641 -59.8 -84.4 3 24.6 -60.1 231 9 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.54 m Freezing level: 554.55 mb = 5067.25 m = 16624.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.82 mb = 3988.49 m = 13085.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.30 % Est. max temperature: 39.48 C = 103.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.07 mb = 1631.64 m = 5353.10 ft T: 28.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 26.26 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.90 mb = 3768.56 m = 12363.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.60 C = 108.68 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.09 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.34 C K Index: 24.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2465.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 419.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.00 mb = 2772.33 m = 9095.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.00 mb = 4482.21 m = 14705.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.00 mb = 13483.90 m = 44237.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2445.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.12 Bulk Rich Number: 14.85 Bulk Shear: 166.07 m/s