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: 46.67,-98 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 959 421 31.2 23.3 63 7.9 25.3 116 9 308.0 311.6 299.8 366.1 19.16 2 950 508 30.9 21.9 59 8.9 24.3 121 13 308.5 311.9 299.1 362.3 17.72 3 900 990 26.8 20.2 67 6.6 22.0 138 17 309.1 312.2 298.7 360.0 16.76 4 850 1494 22.8 18.6 77 4.2 19.8 164 17 310.0 313.0 298.5 358.9 16.04 5 800 2020 19.0 16.3 84 2.8 17.1 194 21 311.4 314.2 298.0 356.5 14.70 6 750 2573 16.2 10.1 67 6.1 12.2 213 22 314.2 316.2 295.8 346.4 10.38 7 700 3159 13.9 0.3 40 13.5 6.3 242 17 317.8 318.9 293.3 335.8 5.61 8 650 3778 8.8 -4.7 38 13.5 2.0 261 16 318.9 319.8 292.4 332.4 4.16 9 600 4433 3.5 -10.7 34 14.3 -2.7 258 20 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.6 2.82 10 550 5132 -2.3 -13.4 42 11.1 -6.8 259 29 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.6 2.46 11 500 5879 -8.9 -16.1 56 7.2 -11.5 253 37 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.5 2.18 12 450 6685 -14.9 -23.3 48 8.5 -17.2 261 31 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.30 13 400 7565 -21.1 -30.0 45 8.9 -22.9 265 33 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.79 14 350 8535 -29.1 -35.0 57 5.9 -30.0 259 35 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.56 15 300 9618 -36.8 -52.5 18 15.7 -37.8 262 34 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10855 -45.9 -57.7 25 11.8 -46.4 265 32 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.06 17 200 12306 -56.6 -61.0 57 4.5 -56.6 268 39 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14091 -61.1 -72.2 22 11.1 -61.3 264 41 364.7 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16641 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 263 7 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.33 m Freezing level: 569.92 mb = 4853.43 m = 15923.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.54 mb = 4052.68 m = 13296.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.27 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.39 mb = 1427.76 m = 4684.20 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 37.02 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2163.59 m = 7098.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -9.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -8.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 27.51 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 647.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4079.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.71 mb = 1787.61 m = 5864.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.71 mb = 3318.66 m = 10887.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.71 mb = 13819.22 m = 45338.11 ft B at Equ Level: 4070.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 205.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.98 Bulk Rich Number: 35.03 Bulk Shear: 116.46 m/s