MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.35,-97.12 Latitude: 46.35 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 970 328 31.6 23.8 63 7.8 25.7 134 11 307.4 311.0 299.9 366.2 19.44 2 950 513 29.9 22.4 64 7.5 24.3 138 17 307.5 310.9 299.2 362.7 18.26 3 900 994 25.5 21.1 77 4.3 22.3 147 18 307.7 311.1 299.0 361.5 17.78 4 850 1496 22.2 19.0 82 3.2 19.9 183 16 309.4 312.5 298.6 359.5 16.48 5 800 2023 19.7 15.5 77 4.2 16.8 214 23 312.2 314.9 297.7 355.3 14.02 6 750 2578 18.1 6.0 45 12.1 10.6 223 22 316.2 317.7 294.5 340.9 7.83 7 700 3165 14.6 -3.4 29 17.9 5.2 234 21 318.6 319.4 292.4 332.4 4.26 8 650 3785 9.3 -5.5 35 14.8 2.0 243 22 319.5 320.3 292.3 332.2 3.90 9 600 4441 3.7 -7.5 44 11.2 -1.6 252 22 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.3 3.62 10 550 5140 -2.2 -13.7 41 11.4 -6.7 257 25 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.6 2.42 11 500 5888 -8.9 -15.2 60 6.3 -11.2 259 33 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.34 12 450 6693 -15.2 -23.1 51 7.9 -17.3 261 34 324.2 324.4 291.4 328.8 1.32 13 400 7574 -20.7 -30.8 40 10.1 -22.8 270 30 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.7 0.73 14 350 8545 -28.9 -36.1 50 7.2 -30.0 266 31 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.50 15 300 9628 -37.0 -48.1 30 11.2 -37.8 268 29 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 16 250 10864 -46.3 -56.9 29 10.7 -46.7 269 29 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12312 -56.4 -62.5 46 6.1 -56.5 270 39 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14100 -61.2 -72.6 21 11.4 -61.3 271 39 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -59.2 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.5 281 6 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.40 m Freezing level: 568.82 mb = 4876.99 m = 16000.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4143.00 m = 13592.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.80 % Est. max temperature: 35.19 C = 95.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.01 mb = 1321.83 m = 4336.65 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 33.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2313.01 m = 7588.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -9.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -9.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.06 C Cross Totals Index: 27.90 C K Index: 32.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 639.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4326.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.01 mb = 1526.32 m = 5007.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.01 mb = 3382.52 m = 11097.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.01 mb = 14017.70 m = 45989.26 ft B at Equ Level: 4304.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.48 Bulk Rich Number: 39.57 Bulk Shear: 109.34 m/s