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: 45.43,-97.15 Latitude: 45.43 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 488 SFC 949 496 29.7 24.3 73 5.5 25.6 123 11 307.4 311.2 300.5 369.5 20.49 3 900 970 25.8 21.7 78 4.2 22.8 135 22 308.1 311.6 299.4 363.9 18.41 4 850 1472 22.2 19.6 85 2.6 20.4 160 26 309.4 312.6 299.0 361.6 17.14 5 800 1998 19.1 16.7 86 2.4 17.4 183 29 311.5 314.3 298.2 357.8 15.11 6 750 2553 18.6 5.9 43 12.7 10.8 199 33 316.8 318.3 294.7 341.4 7.80 7 700 3141 15.4 -1.6 31 17.0 6.1 217 33 319.5 320.5 293.1 335.2 4.85 8 650 3764 11.2 -11.9 19 23.1 0.9 229 22 321.6 322.0 291.6 329.5 2.35 9 600 4424 5.2 -13.1 25 18.3 -2.5 244 26 322.1 322.6 291.7 329.9 2.31 10 550 5126 -1.2 -14.9 35 13.7 -6.5 244 34 322.6 323.1 291.7 330.0 2.19 11 500 5876 -8.2 -15.3 57 7.1 -10.8 245 41 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.8 2.32 12 450 6683 -14.5 -26.8 34 12.3 -17.6 254 35 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.95 13 400 7565 -20.4 -37.6 20 17.1 -23.3 267 34 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.38 14 350 8540 -27.0 -40.0 28 13.0 -28.7 272 36 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.34 15 300 9632 -35.7 -52.4 16 16.7 -36.8 269 28 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10871 -46.0 -56.0 31 10.0 -46.4 261 29 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.0 0.08 17 200 12318 -57.2 -63.5 44 6.4 -57.3 256 38 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 14103 -60.6 -73.1 18 12.4 -60.8 267 31 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16640 -59.4 -84.4 3 25.0 -59.7 226 9 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.59 m Freezing level: 559.49 mb = 4992.85 m = 16380.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3933.79 m = 12905.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.54 mb = 1192.00 m = 3910.73 ft T: 24.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 39.98 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.34 mb = 1791.15 m = 5876.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.24 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -10.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 27.85 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 663.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4485.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.38 mb = 1499.02 m = 4917.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.38 mb = 3605.74 m = 11829.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.38 mb = 14005.20 m = 45948.25 ft B at Equ Level: 4483.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.2 neg: -7.2 tot: 363.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.98 Bulk Rich Number: 30.42 Bulk Shear: 147.44 m/s