MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 46.51,-97.85 Latitude: 46.51 Longitude: -97.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 959 393 29.3 22.6 68 6.6 24.3 100 3 306.1 309.5 299.0 361.2 18.34 2 950 476 29.2 20.6 60 8.6 23.0 115 5 306.9 309.9 297.9 356.0 16.32 3 900 955 25.2 18.8 68 6.3 20.6 149 8 307.4 310.3 297.5 353.9 15.39 4 850 1455 20.7 17.6 82 3.1 18.5 160 9 307.9 310.7 297.4 353.4 15.08 5 800 1978 16.8 14.8 88 2.0 15.4 155 8 309.0 311.6 296.5 349.6 13.37 6 750 2527 15.9 5.7 51 10.2 9.7 112 7 313.8 315.3 293.7 337.7 7.65 7 700 3110 12.6 1.9 48 10.8 6.5 170 7 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.3 6.26 8 650 3729 9.4 -6.1 33 15.5 1.7 224 18 319.5 320.3 292.2 331.7 3.71 9 600 4385 3.7 -10.5 35 14.2 -2.5 229 20 320.4 321.0 291.7 329.9 2.87 10 550 5083 -2.7 -12.1 48 9.4 -6.5 229 22 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.75 11 500 5829 -9.4 -16.5 56 7.2 -11.9 242 30 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.7 2.10 12 450 6636 -14.4 -23.6 46 9.2 -16.9 238 31 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.6 1.27 13 400 7518 -20.3 -23.0 79 2.7 -21.1 238 33 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.8 1.50 14 350 8495 -26.9 -31.6 64 4.7 -27.8 237 33 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.4 0.78 15 300 9586 -35.7 -40.2 63 4.5 -36.2 237 29 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.5 0.39 16 250 10826 -45.8 -49.5 66 3.7 -46.0 237 32 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12272 -57.6 -57.8 98 0.2 -57.6 233 26 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.08 18 150 14063 -57.5 -76.7 7 19.2 -57.8 235 35 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16632 -58.3 -84.5 2 26.2 -58.7 217 12 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.42 m Freezing level: 571.09 mb = 4788.94 m = 15711.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.63 mb = 3989.93 m = 13090.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.37 mb = 1238.18 m = 4062.21 ft T: 22.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 31.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.89 mb = 1882.47 m = 6176.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.59 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 26.99 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2835.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.81 mb = 1693.67 m = 5556.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.81 mb = 3832.74 m = 12574.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.81 mb = 13217.99 m = 43365.57 ft B at Equ Level: 2812.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.9 neg: -23.8 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 78.52 Bulk Shear: 36.11 m/s