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: 46.56,-98.04 Latitude: 46.56 Longitude: -98.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 959 421 31.1 23.7 65 7.4 25.6 110 9 307.9 311.6 300.1 367.4 19.63 2 950 506 30.9 22.2 60 8.7 24.5 115 13 308.5 311.9 299.4 363.4 18.06 3 900 989 26.9 20.3 67 6.7 22.1 135 17 309.3 312.5 298.8 360.6 16.88 4 850 1493 23.2 18.5 75 4.7 19.8 167 17 310.4 313.4 298.5 359.1 15.95 5 800 2020 19.4 16.1 81 3.3 17.1 194 23 311.8 314.6 298.0 356.3 14.50 6 750 2573 16.4 9.9 65 6.5 12.2 213 23 314.4 316.4 295.8 346.4 10.28 7 700 3159 14.1 -0.3 37 14.4 6.1 244 17 318.1 319.1 293.1 335.2 5.35 8 650 3778 8.9 -3.8 40 12.7 2.4 259 16 319.0 319.9 292.6 333.4 4.44 9 600 4435 3.7 -10.5 35 14.2 -2.5 259 19 320.4 321.0 291.7 329.9 2.87 10 550 5133 -2.3 -13.7 41 11.4 -6.8 259 27 321.4 321.9 291.6 329.5 2.41 11 500 5881 -8.8 -15.8 57 7.0 -11.3 252 37 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.8 2.23 12 450 6687 -14.8 -23.5 47 8.7 -17.1 260 31 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.1 1.27 13 400 7567 -21.1 -30.2 44 9.1 -22.9 265 32 327.6 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.78 14 350 8538 -29.1 -35.0 57 5.8 -30.0 260 35 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.56 15 300 9620 -36.9 -52.6 18 15.7 -37.9 263 35 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10857 -45.9 -58.0 24 12.2 -46.3 266 33 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12308 -56.4 -61.2 55 4.8 -56.5 270 39 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14093 -61.5 -72.1 23 10.7 -61.6 265 40 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16641 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.3 -59.5 266 7 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.85 m Freezing level: 568.93 mb = 4868.68 m = 15973.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.70 mb = 4090.72 m = 13420.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.82 mb = 1360.60 m = 4463.86 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 37.90 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2220.92 m = 7286.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.63 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -9.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -8.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 648.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4183.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.52 mb = 1788.86 m = 5868.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.52 mb = 3321.54 m = 10897.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.52 mb = 14240.45 m = 46720.06 ft B at Equ Level: 4117.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 231.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.80 Bulk Rich Number: 33.79 Bulk Shear: 123.81 m/s