MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.4,-96.94 Latitude: 45.40 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 953 462 29.7 24.5 74 5.2 25.7 127 10 307.0 310.9 300.5 369.6 20.70 2 950 491 29.6 23.9 71 5.7 25.3 128 13 307.2 311.0 300.1 367.7 19.99 3 900 972 25.7 21.6 78 4.1 22.6 140 21 307.9 311.4 299.4 363.4 18.33 4 850 1474 22.0 19.6 86 2.4 20.2 161 25 309.1 312.4 299.0 361.2 17.11 5 800 2000 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.2 185 28 311.7 314.5 298.1 357.2 14.83 6 750 2555 19.1 4.6 38 14.4 10.3 200 33 317.3 318.6 294.3 339.8 7.11 7 700 3144 15.3 -0.9 33 16.1 6.3 214 34 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.13 8 650 3767 11.1 -10.9 20 22.0 1.1 230 22 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.0 2.56 9 600 4427 5.1 -12.7 26 17.9 -2.4 245 23 322.1 322.5 291.7 330.1 2.39 10 550 5128 -1.2 -14.9 35 13.7 -6.5 246 32 322.6 323.0 291.7 330.0 2.19 11 500 5878 -8.3 -15.6 56 7.3 -10.9 247 40 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.28 12 450 6685 -14.7 -25.8 38 11.1 -17.5 256 35 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.5 1.04 13 400 7566 -20.5 -37.6 20 17.2 -23.3 268 34 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.37 14 350 8542 -26.8 -42.1 22 15.2 -28.8 274 34 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.27 15 300 9633 -35.8 -51.7 18 15.9 -37.0 271 27 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10871 -46.1 -55.7 33 9.6 -46.5 259 28 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12319 -57.1 -63.8 42 6.7 -57.2 256 37 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14104 -60.7 -73.0 18 12.3 -60.9 264 29 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16640 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.8 232 9 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.35 m Freezing level: 559.72 mb = 4991.73 m = 16376.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.15 mb = 3970.12 m = 13025.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.69 mb = 1122.53 m = 3682.78 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 39.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1823.75 m = 5983.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -9.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -8.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 27.85 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 656.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4422.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.07 mb = 1473.06 m = 4832.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.07 mb = 3701.30 m = 12143.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.07 mb = 14313.01 m = 46958.14 ft B at Equ Level: 4363.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.7 neg: -3.7 tot: 345.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.17 Bulk Rich Number: 33.12 Bulk Shear: 133.55 m/s