MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.06,-99.73 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 464 SFC 935 602 26.7 21.3 73 5.4 22.8 100 13 305.6 308.9 298.2 357.6 17.34 3 900 943 28.2 19.0 57 9.3 21.5 125 30 310.6 313.5 298.3 358.0 15.51 4 850 1450 25.1 16.2 58 8.9 18.8 144 27 312.4 315.0 297.7 354.8 13.76 5 800 1980 22.2 13.3 57 8.8 16.1 177 26 314.8 317.1 297.1 352.4 12.13 6 750 2539 20.5 -1.9 22 22.4 8.3 202 21 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.2 4.44 7 700 3130 16.5 -10.4 15 26.9 4.0 220 18 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.1 2.47 8 650 3753 10.9 -11.1 20 22.0 1.0 235 21 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.53 9 600 4413 4.7 -9.8 34 14.5 -1.8 241 28 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.6 3.03 10 550 5113 -1.7 -10.9 49 9.2 -5.7 247 34 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.1 3.02 11 500 5862 -8.6 -14.2 64 5.7 -10.7 253 40 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.1 2.54 12 450 6669 -14.3 -22.0 52 7.7 -16.6 266 37 325.2 325.5 291.8 330.3 1.45 13 400 7554 -19.4 -26.2 55 6.8 -21.1 258 28 329.7 329.9 292.7 333.8 1.12 14 350 8531 -27.1 -35.0 47 7.9 -28.3 257 33 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.3 0.56 15 300 9623 -35.6 -47.0 30 11.4 -36.5 273 32 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 16 250 10862 -46.2 -51.2 57 5.0 -46.4 286 31 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.14 17 200 12308 -56.7 -57.2 95 0.4 -56.8 315 29 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.08 18 150 14097 -61.9 -69.6 35 7.7 -62.0 246 20 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.02 19 100 16644 -58.1 -84.7 2 26.6 -58.5 241 7 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.60 m Freezing level: 563.51 mb = 4923.91 m = 16154.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.94 mb = 3985.35 m = 13075.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.88 % Est. max temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.37 mb = 1291.00 m = 4235.51 ft T: 26.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 28.93 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3401.86 m = 11160.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.79 C = 107.22 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.22 C Showalter Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 22.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3088.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.24 mb = 2174.55 m = 7134.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.24 mb = 4046.78 m = 13276.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.24 mb = 13803.87 m = 45287.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3049.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 364.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.99 Bulk Rich Number: 13.76 Bulk Shear: 224.43 m/s