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: 45.48,-97.04 Latitude: 45.48 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 952 467 29.7 24.6 74 5.1 25.8 119 11 307.1 311.0 300.6 370.1 20.83 2 950 490 29.6 24.0 72 5.6 25.4 121 13 307.2 311.0 300.2 368.2 20.17 3 900 971 25.4 21.9 81 3.5 22.8 132 22 307.7 311.2 299.5 364.3 18.71 4 850 1473 21.7 19.9 90 1.8 20.5 157 26 308.9 312.2 299.1 362.1 17.51 5 800 1999 18.9 17.1 90 1.7 17.7 184 30 311.3 314.2 298.5 359.0 15.57 6 750 2553 18.7 5.6 42 13.1 10.7 199 34 316.9 318.4 294.6 341.0 7.64 7 700 3141 15.3 -0.8 33 16.1 6.4 215 35 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.0 5.14 8 650 3764 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 -13.0 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 -15.6 56 7.3 -10.9 246 41 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.28 12 450 6683 -14.6 -26.0 37 11.4 -17.5 255 35 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.4 1.02 13 400 7565 -20.5 -37.4 20 16.9 -23.3 267 34 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.38 14 350 8540 -26.9 -40.4 27 13.5 -28.7 272 36 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.32 15 300 9631 -35.7 -52.2 17 16.5 -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 12317 -57.1 -63.8 43 6.7 -57.2 256 39 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14102 -60.5 -73.2 17 12.7 -60.7 264 30 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 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: 5834.91 m Freezing level: 559.35 mb = 4994.88 m = 16387.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.78 mb = 3933.87 m = 12906.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.94 mb = 1119.20 m = 3671.87 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 40.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1647.92 m = 5406.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -10.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -9.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 28.19 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 666.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4529.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 95.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.58 mb = 1415.29 m = 4643.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.58 mb = 3628.65 m = 11904.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.58 mb = 14078.32 m = 46188.16 ft B at Equ Level: 4515.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.2 neg: -7.1 tot: 398.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.86 Bulk Rich Number: 28.82 Bulk Shear: 157.18 m/s