MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.2,-99.33 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 503 SFC 939 607 28.3 17.1 51 11.2 20.5 318 8 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.6 13.17 3 900 981 24.7 15.0 55 9.6 18.1 316 13 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.2 12.03 4 850 1479 19.9 14.1 69 5.7 16.0 310 12 307.0 309.2 295.1 343.2 12.02 5 800 1998 14.9 13.1 89 1.8 13.7 303 12 307.1 309.3 295.1 343.1 11.95 6 750 2542 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 278 10 308.7 310.7 294.5 340.8 10.55 7 700 3118 10.5 4.5 66 6.0 6.9 202 12 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.7 7.56 8 650 3732 7.0 -4.0 45 11.0 1.5 211 18 316.9 317.8 292.0 331.0 4.38 9 600 4384 2.0 -8.3 46 10.3 -2.7 225 28 318.4 319.0 291.6 329.5 3.40 10 550 5080 -2.9 -12.3 48 9.4 -6.7 225 44 320.6 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.70 11 500 5827 -8.9 -12.9 73 4.0 -10.5 216 52 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.6 2.83 12 450 6633 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.8 213 56 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.7 2.35 13 400 7510 -21.7 -33.1 35 11.3 -23.8 214 53 326.7 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.59 14 350 8480 -28.1 -35.4 50 7.3 -29.3 216 52 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.8 0.53 15 300 9570 -35.7 -38.0 80 2.3 -36.0 223 48 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.8 0.48 16 250 10811 -45.6 -46.4 92 0.8 -45.7 222 43 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.24 17 200 12257 -57.9 -59.9 78 2.0 -58.0 221 43 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 18 150 14040 -57.4 -75.7 8 18.3 -57.6 231 34 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16617 -58.4 -84.4 2 26.1 -58.7 199 12 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.57 m Freezing level: 579.91 mb = 4663.95 m = 15301.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.16 mb = 3959.10 m = 12989.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.44 mb = 2024.76 m = 6642.84 ft T: 14.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.24 mb = 2284.47 m = 7494.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1168.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.46 mb = 2163.05 m = 7096.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.46 mb = 2435.98 m = 7991.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.46 mb = 2659.88 m = 8726.53 ft B at Equ Level: 0.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 729.46 mb = 2773.65 m = 9099.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -18.6 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 10.90 Bulk Shear: 107.15 m/s