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: 46.26,-97.52 Latitude: 46.26 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 964 365 26.3 23.3 83 3.0 24.1 121 10 302.7 306.2 298.5 359.0 19.01 2 950 490 27.2 23.0 78 4.1 24.1 129 20 304.8 308.3 299.0 361.5 18.98 3 900 969 25.8 20.3 72 5.5 21.8 153 20 308.1 311.2 298.5 359.1 16.85 4 850 1472 23.2 17.6 71 5.6 19.2 186 12 310.4 313.3 298.0 356.4 15.07 5 800 1999 19.6 15.0 74 4.7 16.4 217 12 312.1 314.6 297.4 353.6 13.51 6 750 2555 19.3 2.6 33 16.7 9.5 236 17 317.5 318.7 293.6 337.1 6.14 7 700 3143 15.5 -5.9 22 21.4 4.8 222 18 319.7 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.52 8 650 3765 10.5 -11.0 21 21.5 0.8 216 19 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.3 2.54 9 600 4424 4.4 -12.9 27 17.3 -2.8 221 20 321.3 321.7 291.5 329.2 2.37 10 550 5123 -2.1 -15.1 36 13.1 -7.1 236 21 321.6 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.14 11 500 5872 -8.1 -22.2 31 14.1 -12.4 250 27 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.29 12 450 6680 -14.6 -23.8 46 9.2 -17.1 257 29 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.24 13 400 7561 -20.4 -28.5 48 8.1 -22.2 256 30 328.5 328.6 292.2 331.7 0.91 14 350 8536 -27.2 -33.4 56 6.2 -28.2 262 25 332.1 332.3 292.9 334.6 0.66 15 300 9626 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.7 263 25 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10862 -46.7 -48.3 83 1.6 -46.7 262 28 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.19 17 200 12305 -57.3 -59.5 76 2.2 -57.3 268 33 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.06 18 150 14089 -60.2 -71.6 21 11.3 -60.4 284 31 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.02 19 100 16640 -59.3 -84.5 2 25.2 -59.6 226 8 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.79 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4901.31 m = 16080.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3913.03 m = 12837.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.47 % Est. max temperature: 35.19 C = 95.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.56 mb = 749.53 m = 2459.06 ft T: 26.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 33.88 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2862.54 m = 9391.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.12 C = 107.81 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -8.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 27.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3716.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.00 mb = 1471.80 m = 4828.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.00 mb = 3828.86 m = 12561.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.00 mb = 13885.80 m = 45556.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3671.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 111.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 43.10 Bulk Shear: 86.23 m/s