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: 46.47,-98.15 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 959 425 31.3 23.9 65 7.4 25.7 104 9 308.2 311.9 300.3 368.4 19.84 2 950 504 31.2 22.4 59 8.8 24.6 110 13 308.9 312.3 299.5 364.1 18.20 3 900 987 27.3 20.2 65 7.0 22.1 133 17 309.6 312.8 298.9 360.8 16.82 4 850 1492 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.8 167 17 310.8 313.8 298.5 358.8 15.71 5 800 2019 19.7 15.8 78 3.9 17.0 193 23 312.1 314.8 297.9 356.0 14.28 6 750 2573 16.4 10.2 67 6.2 12.4 210 23 314.4 316.4 296.0 347.0 10.50 7 700 3159 14.2 -0.5 37 14.6 6.1 245 16 318.2 319.2 293.1 335.1 5.29 8 650 3779 9.0 -4.2 39 13.3 2.3 257 15 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.2 4.30 9 600 4435 3.8 -10.6 34 14.4 -2.5 260 19 320.6 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.85 10 550 5134 -2.2 -13.9 40 11.7 -6.8 259 26 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.5 2.37 11 500 5882 -8.8 -15.7 57 6.9 -11.2 251 36 322.4 322.8 291.7 330.0 2.26 12 450 6688 -14.8 -23.4 48 8.7 -17.1 260 31 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.28 13 400 7569 -21.0 -30.4 43 9.3 -22.9 265 31 327.6 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.76 14 350 8539 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -30.0 260 34 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.55 15 300 9621 -37.0 -52.6 18 15.7 -37.9 263 35 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10858 -45.7 -58.3 23 12.5 -46.2 266 33 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12310 -56.3 -61.5 52 5.2 -56.5 270 39 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14095 -61.8 -72.0 24 10.2 -61.9 264 40 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.02 19 100 16641 -59.3 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.6 268 7 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.89 m Freezing level: 568.15 mb = 4880.43 m = 16011.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.01 mb = 4087.10 m = 13408.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.47 mb = 1373.46 m = 4506.04 ft T: 24.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 38.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2274.52 m = 7462.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.26 C = 97.27 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -9.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 27.01 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 644.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4229.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.04 mb = 1835.98 m = 6023.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.04 mb = 3376.50 m = 11077.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.04 mb = 14010.77 m = 45966.54 ft B at Equ Level: 4212.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 228.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.78 Bulk Rich Number: 34.52 Bulk Shear: 122.52 m/s