MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.80,-96.54 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -96.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 976 323 28.6 23.4 73 5.3 24.7 132 7 303.9 307.4 298.7 360.1 18.86 2 950 558 27.3 20.2 65 7.1 22.2 152 11 304.9 307.9 297.1 352.5 15.91 3 900 1035 23.9 18.5 72 5.4 20.1 194 12 306.1 308.9 296.9 351.2 15.02 4 850 1533 19.7 17.2 86 2.5 17.9 221 11 306.8 309.5 296.8 350.9 14.67 5 800 2055 18.9 5.5 41 13.4 10.9 256 8 311.3 312.6 292.6 333.3 7.10 6 750 2606 15.8 1.5 38 14.3 7.8 264 11 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.6 5.69 7 700 3187 11.5 -1.1 42 12.6 4.8 264 18 315.2 316.2 292.0 331.3 5.05 8 650 3801 6.9 -10.3 28 17.2 -0.6 273 27 316.8 317.3 290.5 325.6 2.68 9 600 4453 2.1 -11.3 36 13.4 -3.6 265 37 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.4 2.69 10 550 5147 -4.1 -13.5 48 9.4 -7.7 257 40 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.4 2.46 11 500 5889 -10.4 -18.5 52 8.1 -13.0 256 42 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.4 1.78 12 450 6691 -16.2 -27.2 38 11.1 -18.8 258 39 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.91 13 400 7568 -21.6 -35.2 28 13.6 -23.9 258 39 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.48 14 350 8538 -28.7 -40.1 33 11.4 -30.1 263 35 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.33 15 300 9622 -36.9 -44.7 44 7.8 -37.6 271 31 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10855 -47.6 -51.4 65 3.8 -47.8 264 27 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12291 -57.6 -60.8 67 3.2 -57.6 257 33 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 14107 -56.6 -76.7 6 20.1 -56.9 249 25 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16666 -58.6 -84.5 2 25.9 -59.0 232 13 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.76 m Freezing level: 583.23 mb = 4685.56 m = 15372.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.79 mb = 3727.52 m = 12229.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.08 mb = 995.47 m = 3265.93 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 34.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2451.78 m = 8043.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.69 C = 99.85 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -8.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 27.61 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2988.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.58 mb = 1537.53 m = 5044.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.58 mb = 3251.71 m = 10668.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.58 mb = 13149.01 m = 43139.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2954.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.7 neg: -12.3 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 29.36 Bulk Shear: 101.79 m/s