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: 45.68,-99.27 Latitude: 45.68 Longitude: -99.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 468 SFC 940 558 30.8 20.9 55 10.0 23.5 103 8 309.4 312.5 298.8 360.4 16.76 3 900 951 28.5 18.7 55 9.8 21.5 119 17 310.9 313.8 298.2 357.6 15.27 4 850 1457 24.0 17.6 68 6.4 19.5 135 18 311.3 314.2 298.2 357.6 15.11 5 800 1985 20.4 15.3 73 5.1 16.9 169 22 312.9 315.5 297.8 355.5 13.83 6 750 2541 17.5 11.0 66 6.5 13.2 197 29 315.6 317.7 296.7 350.1 11.07 7 700 3128 13.6 3.8 51 9.8 7.8 220 32 317.6 319.0 294.4 340.4 7.20 8 650 3748 10.2 -9.3 24 19.5 1.1 238 33 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.90 9 600 4406 4.5 -13.9 25 18.4 -3.0 242 34 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.18 10 550 5107 -1.5 -17.5 28 16.0 -7.3 243 37 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.3 1.76 11 500 5856 -7.9 -21.0 34 13.1 -12.1 246 40 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.3 1.43 12 450 6664 -14.5 -26.5 35 12.0 -17.5 249 42 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.97 13 400 7544 -21.2 -26.1 64 4.9 -22.4 250 44 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.5 1.13 14 350 8518 -27.5 -33.1 59 5.5 -28.5 250 41 331.6 331.8 292.8 334.1 0.68 15 300 9609 -35.4 -49.2 23 13.8 -36.5 266 38 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.14 16 250 10851 -44.7 -51.3 48 6.6 -45.1 287 34 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.14 17 200 12311 -55.2 -57.1 79 1.9 -55.2 317 39 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14094 -64.3 -68.5 56 4.2 -64.3 269 26 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.03 19 100 16634 -58.3 -84.5 2 26.2 -58.6 224 5 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.57 m Freezing level: 562.26 mb = 4934.82 m = 16190.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 3922.09 m = 12867.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.50 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.43 mb = 1829.48 m = 6002.15 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 29.26 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2843.20 m = 9327.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.96 C = 100.33 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 39.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 598.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3269.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.03 mb = 2147.99 m = 7047.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.03 mb = 3875.05 m = 12713.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.03 mb = 14092.74 m = 46235.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3237.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 394.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.36 Bulk Rich Number: 17.71 Bulk Shear: 184.62 m/s