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: 45.47,-97.04 Latitude: 45.47 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 952 469 29.7 24.6 74 5.1 25.8 120 11 307.1 311.0 300.6 370.0 20.80 2 950 490 29.6 24.0 72 5.6 25.4 122 13 307.2 311.0 300.2 368.2 20.15 3 900 971 25.4 21.9 81 3.6 22.8 133 22 307.7 311.2 299.5 364.2 18.66 4 850 1473 21.8 19.9 89 1.9 20.4 157 26 308.9 312.2 299.1 362.0 17.47 5 800 1999 18.9 17.1 89 1.8 17.7 184 30 311.3 314.2 298.5 358.8 15.51 6 750 2553 18.7 5.6 42 13.2 10.7 199 34 316.9 318.4 294.6 340.9 7.60 7 700 3142 15.3 -0.8 33 16.1 6.4 215 35 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.0 5.14 8 650 3765 11.2 -12.0 18 23.2 0.9 230 21 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.5 2.34 9 600 4425 5.2 -13.1 25 18.2 -2.5 245 24 322.1 322.6 291.7 330.0 2.33 10 550 5126 -1.2 -14.9 34 13.7 -6.5 245 33 322.7 323.1 291.7 330.1 2.18 11 500 5876 -8.2 -15.5 56 7.3 -10.9 246 41 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.28 12 450 6683 -14.6 -26.1 37 11.4 -17.5 255 35 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.4 1.01 13 400 7565 -20.5 -37.5 20 17.0 -23.3 267 34 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.38 14 350 8540 -26.9 -40.5 26 13.6 -28.7 272 36 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.32 15 300 9631 -35.7 -52.2 17 16.4 -36.9 269 28 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10870 -46.0 -55.5 33 9.5 -46.4 259 29 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.08 17 200 12318 -57.1 -63.8 43 6.7 -57.2 256 38 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14102 -60.5 -73.2 17 12.7 -60.7 264 30 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16640 -59.4 -84.4 3 25.0 -59.7 227 9 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.06 m Freezing level: 559.36 mb = 4994.96 m = 16387.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3934.02 m = 12906.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.56 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.43 mb = 1124.21 m = 3688.32 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 40.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1666.30 m = 5466.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -10.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -9.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.01 C Cross Totals Index: 28.15 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 665.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4516.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.59 mb = 1425.55 m = 4676.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.59 mb = 3641.47 m = 11946.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.59 mb = 14119.77 m = 46324.15 ft B at Equ Level: 4494.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.9 neg: -6.8 tot: 393.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.69 Bulk Rich Number: 29.21 Bulk Shear: 154.62 m/s