MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 45.12,-97.6 Latitude: 45.12 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 955 525 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 171 10 295.0 297.2 291.7 330.2 12.28 2 950 574 17.3 15.7 90 1.6 16.3 171 12 294.7 296.9 291.4 328.8 11.90 3 900 1034 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 180 16 296.1 298.2 291.4 328.9 11.36 4 850 1518 14.6 12.7 89 1.9 13.4 208 13 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.6 10.92 5 800 2031 12.8 8.1 73 4.7 10.0 211 13 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.5 8.53 6 750 2570 8.8 4.7 76 4.0 6.5 223 11 306.1 307.4 291.1 327.8 7.16 7 700 3138 5.2 -0.8 65 5.9 2.1 241 8 308.2 309.2 290.0 324.2 5.17 8 650 3739 1.5 -5.2 61 6.7 -1.6 271 8 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.2 3.99 9 600 4380 -1.8 -10.3 52 8.5 -5.3 291 15 314.0 314.6 289.8 323.5 2.92 10 550 5067 -6.1 -11.2 67 5.1 -8.1 292 15 316.9 317.4 290.7 326.5 2.96 11 500 5807 -10.4 -12.7 83 2.3 -11.3 304 12 320.3 320.9 291.7 329.9 2.88 12 450 6610 -15.4 -16.2 94 0.8 -15.7 274 8 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.9 2.39 13 400 7490 -21.3 -21.5 98 0.2 -21.4 243 11 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.3 1.71 14 350 8463 -27.6 -29.1 87 1.5 -27.9 238 9 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 0.99 15 300 9551 -36.9 -37.8 91 0.9 -37.0 240 14 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.49 16 250 10783 -47.4 -48.2 92 0.8 -47.4 229 6 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.19 17 200 12224 -54.9 -62.4 39 7.5 -55.1 345 8 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14081 -54.8 -79.6 3 24.8 -55.1 310 22 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16634 -60.1 -85.2 2 25.1 -60.4 317 15 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.01 m Freezing level: 627.12 mb = 4032.37 m = 13229.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.61 mb = 3473.70 m = 11396.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.69 mb = 739.97 m = 2427.69 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 1014.06 m = 3326.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.09 C = 66.36 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6409.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.88 mb = 1101.58 m = 3614.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 33.85 m/s