MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.93,-97.76 Latitude: 45.93 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 965 409 29.6 22.0 63 7.7 24.0 179 6 305.9 309.1 298.4 358.3 17.47 2 950 547 28.6 20.1 60 8.6 22.5 182 10 306.2 309.2 297.4 353.5 15.74 3 900 1026 24.3 18.5 70 5.8 20.2 191 11 306.6 309.4 297.1 352.0 15.10 4 850 1524 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.2 189 11 306.7 309.5 297.0 351.9 15.02 5 800 2045 18.0 11.6 66 6.4 13.8 215 13 310.4 312.4 295.1 343.5 10.83 6 750 2598 17.0 2.7 38 14.3 8.7 238 17 315.0 316.2 292.9 334.6 6.20 7 700 3181 12.3 -4.6 30 16.9 3.8 268 20 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.88 8 650 3795 7.0 -9.1 31 16.1 -0.2 275 24 316.9 317.5 290.7 326.6 2.96 9 600 4447 1.9 -10.2 40 12.1 -3.3 264 34 318.3 318.9 291.1 327.9 2.93 10 550 5141 -4.1 -13.6 47 9.5 -7.8 258 37 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.43 11 500 5884 -9.7 -20.1 42 10.4 -12.9 262 35 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.5 1.55 12 450 6689 -14.7 -29.1 28 14.4 -18.1 266 30 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.76 13 400 7571 -20.4 -29.5 44 9.1 -22.4 275 30 328.5 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.83 14 350 8545 -27.9 -34.0 56 6.1 -28.9 283 29 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.62 15 300 9633 -36.3 -44.5 43 8.2 -37.1 283 35 334.2 334.2 293.1 335.1 0.24 16 250 10870 -46.4 -53.5 44 7.1 -46.7 280 32 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12310 -58.4 -61.0 72 2.6 -58.5 274 32 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 18 150 14109 -57.0 -77.4 6 20.3 -57.3 262 26 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16668 -58.1 -84.5 2 26.4 -58.5 223 11 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.53 m Freezing level: 584.20 mb = 4666.28 m = 15309.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.65 mb = 3761.60 m = 12341.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.75 mb = 1383.85 m = 4540.15 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 31.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2750.88 m = 9025.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.98 C = 102.16 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 27.22 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2808.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.74 mb = 1689.64 m = 5543.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.74 mb = 3436.44 m = 11274.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.74 mb = 13372.81 m = 43873.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2747.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 92.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 43.92 Bulk Shear: 63.93 m/s