MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.13,-99.70 Latitude: 45.13 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 468 SFC 938 585 35.3 17.9 36 17.4 22.8 131 16 314.1 316.8 298.1 357.2 13.90 3 900 958 32.1 15.9 38 16.2 20.7 140 30 314.6 317.1 297.5 354.2 12.74 4 850 1469 28.1 13.0 39 15.1 17.8 155 34 315.6 317.8 296.7 350.5 11.17 5 800 2005 26.1 7.0 30 19.1 14.0 187 33 319.0 320.5 295.3 343.9 7.85 6 750 2568 21.7 3.5 30 18.2 10.8 203 32 320.2 321.5 294.6 341.3 6.59 7 700 3161 16.6 0.1 33 16.5 7.2 214 31 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.7 5.51 8 650 3785 10.7 -2.8 39 13.5 3.5 222 31 321.1 322.1 293.5 336.7 4.79 9 600 4445 4.5 -5.5 48 10.1 -0.4 228 31 321.4 322.2 293.1 335.2 4.22 10 550 5145 -1.9 -9.3 57 7.4 -5.2 234 33 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.1 3.43 11 500 5895 -7.6 -18.3 42 10.7 -11.3 245 32 323.7 324.1 291.7 329.9 1.81 12 450 6705 -13.4 -28.0 28 14.7 -17.0 258 25 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.85 13 400 7589 -20.2 -33.7 29 13.6 -22.7 261 23 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.55 14 350 8563 -28.0 -40.7 29 12.7 -29.6 259 30 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.31 15 300 9650 -36.2 -44.8 41 8.6 -37.0 261 35 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.3 0.24 16 250 10892 -45.2 -46.0 92 0.8 -45.2 263 43 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.25 17 200 12342 -56.2 -61.6 51 5.4 -56.3 267 41 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14130 -63.4 -74.5 21 11.0 -63.5 263 40 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16655 -59.7 -84.6 3 24.9 -60.0 279 10 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5873.38 m Freezing level: 564.84 mb = 4937.12 m = 16197.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.63 mb = 4367.48 m = 14328.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.20 % Est. max temperature: 40.30 C = 104.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 730.80 mb = 2791.09 m = 9157.01 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 27.71 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.58 mb = 3828.36 m = 12560.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.15 C = 107.88 F Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.12 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 554.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2444.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 312.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.95 mb = 3124.75 m = 10251.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.95 mb = 4336.04 m = 14225.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.95 mb = 13427.31 m = 44052.32 ft B at Equ Level: 2433.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 390.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.57 Bulk Rich Number: 15.80 Bulk Shear: 154.72 m/s