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: 45.73,-96.22 Latitude: 45.73 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 970 337 29.7 24.8 75 5.0 26.0 139 13 305.5 309.4 300.2 367.8 20.71 2 950 524 28.6 23.4 73 5.2 24.7 144 22 306.2 309.8 299.6 364.6 19.38 3 900 1004 25.9 20.5 72 5.4 21.9 172 27 308.2 311.4 298.7 359.9 17.09 4 850 1507 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.4 196 25 310.2 313.1 298.2 357.4 15.48 5 800 2035 22.7 6.8 36 15.9 12.8 199 22 315.3 316.8 294.2 339.7 7.74 6 750 2594 19.8 -4.8 19 24.6 7.1 195 19 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.8 3.57 7 700 3181 14.8 -5.4 24 20.2 4.6 213 14 318.8 319.6 291.9 330.8 3.65 8 650 3801 9.4 -7.4 30 16.8 1.4 242 13 319.6 320.2 291.9 330.6 3.36 9 600 4458 3.8 -8.4 41 12.2 -1.8 268 17 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.6 3.39 10 550 5157 -2.4 -13.1 44 10.7 -6.7 279 20 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.7 2.54 11 500 5904 -9.3 -15.8 59 6.5 -11.6 280 23 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.3 2.23 12 450 6708 -15.4 -27.2 36 11.9 -18.2 286 26 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.91 13 400 7588 -21.1 -36.4 24 15.2 -23.7 286 32 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 14 350 8560 -27.8 -41.5 26 13.7 -29.5 268 27 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.29 15 300 9647 -36.5 -42.3 55 5.7 -37.1 257 31 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.1 0.31 16 250 10885 -46.0 -57.3 27 11.3 -46.4 265 33 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12335 -55.8 -65.1 31 9.3 -56.0 273 37 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14127 -62.1 -71.9 26 9.7 -62.3 275 28 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16652 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 268 10 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.58 m Freezing level: 569.47 mb = 4884.70 m = 16025.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.39 mb = 4078.81 m = 13381.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.65 % Est. max temperature: 37.36 C = 99.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.56 mb = 968.75 m = 3178.27 ft T: 26.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 38.02 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.13 mb = 2799.09 m = 9183.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.50 C = 108.49 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -10.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -8.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.20 C Cross Totals Index: 27.29 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 647.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4252.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.32 mb = 1482.68 m = 4864.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.32 mb = 3456.97 m = 11341.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.32 mb = 14239.41 m = 46716.65 ft B at Equ Level: 4211.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.0 neg: -25.1 tot: 174.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 48.29 Bulk Shear: 88.07 m/s