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: 46.18,-96.75 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -96.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 972 317 30.7 24.5 70 6.2 26.0 140 12 306.3 310.1 300.1 367.4 20.29 2 950 519 28.9 23.2 71 5.7 24.6 143 21 306.5 310.1 299.5 364.2 19.16 3 900 999 25.2 21.3 79 3.9 22.4 161 25 307.5 310.9 299.1 362.0 18.05 4 850 1501 23.1 18.2 74 4.9 19.6 193 26 310.3 313.3 298.4 358.3 15.70 5 800 2030 23.1 4.6 30 18.6 12.0 201 25 315.8 317.1 293.5 336.8 6.64 6 750 2589 19.8 -3.3 21 23.1 7.6 203 21 318.1 318.9 292.0 331.1 4.01 7 700 3177 14.6 -4.7 26 19.3 4.8 214 18 318.6 319.4 292.0 331.2 3.85 8 650 3797 9.3 -7.7 29 17.0 1.3 236 18 319.5 320.1 291.8 330.3 3.30 9 600 4453 3.8 -9.3 38 13.2 -2.1 257 19 320.5 321.2 292.0 330.9 3.14 10 550 5152 -2.4 -13.1 43 10.8 -6.7 268 20 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.53 11 500 5899 -9.2 -16.2 57 7.0 -11.7 273 23 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.0 2.16 12 450 6703 -16.1 -21.2 65 5.1 -17.6 278 29 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.4 1.57 13 400 7580 -21.4 -33.3 34 11.9 -23.6 281 31 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.58 14 350 8551 -28.2 -42.1 25 13.9 -29.9 273 28 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9638 -36.5 -52.2 18 15.7 -37.5 260 29 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.10 16 250 10875 -46.3 -58.0 25 11.7 -46.7 269 33 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12324 -56.0 -65.0 31 9.0 -56.2 270 39 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 14119 -60.9 -73.0 19 12.1 -61.0 271 28 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16650 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 265 9 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.45 m Freezing level: 569.12 mb = 4884.86 m = 16026.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 4036.33 m = 13242.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.35 % Est. max temperature: 37.67 C = 99.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.23 mb = 1104.80 m = 3624.63 ft T: 24.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 36.36 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.21 mb = 2735.77 m = 8975.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.51 C = 108.51 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: -10.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -9.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.35 C Cross Totals Index: 27.49 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 660.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4463.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 94.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.68 mb = 1412.14 m = 4632.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.68 mb = 3374.22 m = 11070.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.68 mb = 13968.12 m = 45826.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4456.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.9 neg: -8.9 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.67 Bulk Rich Number: 50.83 Bulk Shear: 87.83 m/s