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,-99.91 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 460 SFC 936 588 27.1 21.0 70 6.0 22.7 101 13 305.9 309.1 298.1 356.9 16.98 3 900 941 28.5 18.7 55 9.8 21.5 123 31 310.9 313.8 298.2 357.6 15.26 4 850 1447 25.3 16.0 57 9.2 18.8 143 28 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.5 13.59 5 800 1978 22.3 13.2 56 9.1 16.1 175 27 314.9 317.2 297.1 352.2 11.99 6 750 2537 20.7 -3.0 20 23.7 8.0 199 20 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.3 4.07 7 700 3128 16.6 -11.0 14 27.6 3.9 219 19 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.8 2.36 8 650 3751 10.9 -10.5 21 21.4 1.1 233 22 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.1 2.63 9 600 4411 4.7 -9.4 35 14.2 -1.7 238 29 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.9 3.12 10 550 5112 -1.7 -10.7 51 8.9 -5.5 246 35 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.3 3.09 11 500 5860 -8.5 -14.3 63 5.8 -10.7 250 41 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.1 2.52 12 450 6668 -14.1 -22.6 49 8.4 -16.6 264 37 325.5 325.7 291.8 330.3 1.38 13 400 7553 -19.4 -26.7 53 7.3 -21.1 258 30 329.8 330.0 292.7 333.7 1.08 14 350 8531 -26.9 -38.1 34 11.2 -28.6 254 34 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.41 15 300 9623 -35.6 -45.6 35 10.0 -36.5 270 32 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.22 16 250 10862 -46.1 -50.7 59 4.6 -46.3 285 33 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 17 200 12309 -56.8 -57.0 98 0.2 -56.8 315 30 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.09 18 150 14098 -61.4 -70.2 30 8.7 -61.6 239 19 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.02 19 100 16642 -58.3 -84.7 2 26.3 -58.7 260 7 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.48 m Freezing level: 563.38 mb = 4924.12 m = 16155.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.86 mb = 4010.77 m = 13158.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.49 % Est. max temperature: 36.95 C = 98.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.80 mb = 1366.38 m = 4482.82 ft T: 25.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.21 C/km ThetaE index: 28.75 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.00 mb = 3434.03 m = 11266.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.97 C = 107.55 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 22.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2996.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 335.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.76 mb = 2222.28 m = 7290.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.76 mb = 4104.08 m = 13464.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.76 mb = 13590.04 m = 44586.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2974.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 370.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.82 Bulk Rich Number: 13.02 Bulk Shear: 230.12 m/s