MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.06,-99.89 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 520 SFC 943 590 27.1 18.8 60 8.3 21.2 156 15 305.4 308.1 296.4 349.2 14.65 3 900 997 23.9 17.3 66 6.6 19.3 162 30 306.1 308.7 296.1 347.9 13.91 4 850 1494 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.1 170 35 306.7 309.2 296.1 347.5 13.58 5 800 2016 17.7 13.9 78 3.8 15.1 204 32 310.0 312.4 296.3 348.3 12.57 6 750 2566 14.2 11.2 82 3.0 12.3 225 30 312.0 314.1 295.8 346.5 11.23 7 700 3146 9.7 5.4 75 4.3 7.2 243 27 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.4 8.09 8 650 3759 7.4 -9.0 30 16.3 -0.0 266 27 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.0 2.98 9 600 4411 2.8 -18.9 18 21.7 -5.0 257 31 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.2 1.43 10 550 5108 -2.6 -21.7 21 19.1 -8.7 250 34 321.0 321.3 290.3 325.3 1.23 11 500 5855 -8.5 -27.0 21 18.5 -13.4 251 29 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.84 12 450 6662 -14.8 -30.9 24 16.1 -18.3 250 31 324.6 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.65 13 400 7543 -20.4 -43.3 11 23.0 -23.5 255 31 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.21 14 350 8515 -28.6 -38.6 38 10.0 -30.0 247 26 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.39 15 300 9598 -37.6 -40.0 78 2.4 -37.9 245 24 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.8 0.39 16 250 10827 -48.1 -49.6 85 1.5 -48.2 255 28 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.17 17 200 12268 -54.6 -62.6 36 8.0 -54.8 256 16 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14101 -56.8 -77.7 5 20.9 -57.1 231 18 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -58.4 -84.8 2 26.4 -58.7 188 11 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.97 m Freezing level: 573.95 mb = 4774.28 m = 15663.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.27 mb = 3755.56 m = 12321.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.28 mb = 1644.68 m = 5395.88 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 24.10 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2506.67 m = 8223.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.40 C = 92.11 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1892.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.95 mb = 1835.59 m = 6022.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.95 mb = 3122.23 m = 10243.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 661.95 mb = 3608.20 m = 11837.77 ft B at Equ Level: 7.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.95 mb = 15412.82 m = 50566.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 365.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.07 Bulk Rich Number: 14.06 Bulk Shear: 134.55 m/s