MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.59,-97.37 Latitude: 45.59 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 501 SFC 950 503 29.8 23.8 70 6.0 25.3 124 11 307.4 311.2 300.1 367.5 19.85 3 900 982 25.5 21.3 77 4.2 22.4 141 19 307.8 311.2 299.1 362.3 18.00 4 850 1484 22.1 18.8 81 3.3 19.7 172 21 309.3 312.4 298.5 358.8 16.27 5 800 2010 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 16.9 197 24 311.4 314.1 297.8 355.6 14.42 6 750 2565 18.2 7.3 49 10.9 11.4 210 29 316.3 318.0 295.1 343.4 8.62 7 700 3153 15.3 -1.4 32 16.7 6.2 226 26 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.93 8 650 3775 10.5 -9.3 24 19.8 1.3 243 14 320.9 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.92 9 600 4434 4.7 -13.2 26 17.9 -2.8 248 16 321.6 322.0 291.5 329.3 2.30 10 550 5134 -1.5 -14.6 36 13.0 -6.6 252 26 322.3 322.7 291.7 329.8 2.25 11 500 5883 -8.5 -15.0 59 6.5 -10.9 252 33 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.8 2.39 12 450 6689 -15.1 -23.8 48 8.7 -17.4 259 33 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.25 13 400 7570 -20.7 -32.9 33 12.2 -23.1 273 32 328.0 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.60 14 350 8543 -27.6 -38.0 37 10.3 -29.1 273 28 331.5 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.41 15 300 9633 -36.0 -45.1 39 9.1 -36.8 262 24 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.23 16 250 10871 -46.2 -53.1 45 6.9 -46.5 254 27 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12315 -57.7 -61.7 60 4.0 -57.8 261 39 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14093 -59.4 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.6 267 36 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16644 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.3 -59.5 253 7 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.37 m Freezing level: 562.35 mb = 4961.33 m = 16277.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.04 mb = 3979.40 m = 13055.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.66 mb = 1273.55 m = 4178.27 ft T: 23.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 38.21 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1905.08 m = 6250.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -9.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -8.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.61 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 626.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4263.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.13 mb = 1554.84 m = 5101.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.13 mb = 3670.46 m = 12042.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.13 mb = 13766.84 m = 45166.25 ft B at Equ Level: 4259.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.4 neg: -6.1 tot: 248.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.16 Bulk Rich Number: 40.78 Bulk Shear: 104.54 m/s