MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.32,-96.50 Latitude: 45.32 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 963 355 26.2 23.5 85 2.8 24.2 139 14 302.6 306.1 298.6 359.6 19.21 2 950 476 26.2 23.1 83 3.1 23.9 142 24 303.7 307.3 298.8 360.5 19.05 3 900 954 25.4 19.9 72 5.5 21.4 172 30 307.7 310.7 298.2 357.3 16.44 4 850 1456 24.2 14.3 54 10.0 17.4 197 33 311.5 313.8 296.3 348.7 12.11 5 800 1987 23.9 7.5 35 16.4 13.6 216 28 316.6 318.2 294.9 342.3 8.15 6 750 2549 21.6 -4.1 17 25.7 8.0 232 27 320.0 320.7 292.3 332.3 3.75 7 700 3141 16.9 -10.8 14 27.7 4.1 227 28 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.3 2.40 8 650 3765 11.2 -12.3 18 23.6 0.8 230 30 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.3 2.28 9 600 4425 5.2 -13.8 24 18.9 -2.7 234 33 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.5 2.20 10 550 5126 -1.5 -14.2 37 12.7 -6.5 239 36 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.1 2.31 11 500 5875 -8.3 -16.1 53 7.8 -11.1 241 39 322.9 323.3 291.8 330.3 2.18 12 450 6682 -14.3 -29.4 27 15.1 -17.8 251 37 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.75 13 400 7564 -20.6 -30.8 40 10.2 -22.7 257 39 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.9 0.73 14 350 8538 -27.4 -34.5 51 7.2 -28.5 257 32 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.0 0.58 15 300 9630 -35.2 -49.7 21 14.6 -36.3 247 24 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10877 -43.7 -47.7 64 4.0 -44.0 303 23 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.20 17 200 12339 -55.0 -55.5 94 0.5 -55.0 314 59 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.10 18 150 14126 -64.2 -67.0 68 2.8 -64.3 314 43 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.03 19 100 16644 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 216 9 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.36 m Freezing level: 561.38 mb = 4966.12 m = 16292.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3917.50 m = 12852.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.96 % Est. max temperature: 38.74 C = 101.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.74 mb = 704.42 m = 2311.06 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 31.22 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.89 mb = 3238.60 m = 10625.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.74 C = 112.53 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 19.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2996.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 448.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.89 mb = 1488.58 m = 4883.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.89 mb = 4129.03 m = 13546.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.89 mb = 14048.38 m = 46089.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2968.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 340.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.30 Bulk Rich Number: 20.78 Bulk Shear: 144.21 m/s