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,-99.46 Latitude: 45.68 Longitude: -99.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 1 950 466 SFC 937 586 31.1 20.6 54 10.4 23.4 103 9 309.9 313.0 298.8 360.3 16.54 3 900 950 28.7 18.6 54 10.1 21.5 117 17 311.1 314.0 298.2 357.5 15.16 4 850 1456 24.1 17.6 67 6.5 19.5 133 18 311.4 314.3 298.2 357.7 15.09 5 800 1984 20.5 15.3 72 5.2 16.9 165 22 313.0 315.6 297.8 355.6 13.82 6 750 2540 17.5 10.9 65 6.6 13.1 195 29 315.6 317.7 296.6 350.0 11.03 7 700 3126 13.7 3.1 49 10.6 7.5 224 30 317.7 319.0 294.2 339.4 6.85 8 650 3747 10.2 -9.5 24 19.7 1.1 240 33 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.87 9 600 4405 4.6 -13.9 25 18.5 -3.0 243 34 321.4 321.9 291.3 328.7 2.17 10 550 5106 -1.5 -17.3 29 15.8 -7.2 243 37 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.79 11 500 5855 -8.0 -21.0 34 13.0 -12.1 246 41 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.3 1.44 12 450 6663 -14.7 -25.8 38 11.1 -17.5 249 43 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.5 1.04 13 400 7543 -21.2 -25.8 66 4.7 -22.2 250 45 327.5 327.7 292.2 331.6 1.17 14 350 8517 -27.4 -33.8 55 6.4 -28.5 249 42 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.1 0.63 15 300 9607 -35.5 -48.5 25 13.0 -36.5 265 38 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 16 250 10850 -44.7 -50.7 51 6.0 -45.0 290 34 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12309 -55.2 -56.1 89 0.9 -55.2 323 41 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.10 18 150 14094 -64.0 -68.7 53 4.7 -64.1 268 24 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16635 -58.0 -84.5 2 26.5 -58.4 228 6 415.6 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.78 m Freezing level: 562.17 mb = 4935.15 m = 16191.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 3921.02 m = 12864.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.26 mb = 1915.99 m = 6285.99 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 29.41 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.70 mb = 2878.75 m = 9444.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.84 C = 100.11 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -7.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.74 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 39.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3250.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.36 mb = 2198.18 m = 7211.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.36 mb = 3934.25 m = 12907.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.36 mb = 13875.99 m = 45524.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3248.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 399.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.47 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 194.48 m/s