MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 48.36,-99.18 Latitude: 48.36 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 952 463 25.8 20.9 75 4.9 22.3 77 6 303.2 306.2 297.1 352.4 16.60 2 950 484 26.5 20.7 71 5.8 22.3 86 8 304.1 307.1 297.3 352.9 16.41 3 900 964 26.3 19.1 65 7.2 21.2 153 19 308.6 311.6 297.9 356.1 15.67 4 850 1468 24.2 16.0 60 8.2 18.5 186 23 311.5 314.1 297.3 353.2 13.58 5 800 1996 20.8 13.6 63 7.2 15.9 216 25 313.3 315.7 297.0 351.5 12.35 6 750 2552 17.3 9.1 58 8.2 12.0 231 26 315.4 317.2 295.7 345.7 9.71 7 700 3137 13.1 2.6 49 10.4 7.0 232 27 317.0 318.2 293.8 338.0 6.62 8 650 3755 8.2 -3.4 44 11.7 2.2 233 29 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.57 9 600 4409 2.7 -8.2 44 11.0 -2.3 236 32 319.3 320.0 291.9 330.5 3.43 10 550 5106 -3.4 -11.2 55 7.8 -6.7 236 35 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.8 2.95 11 500 5850 -9.7 -14.6 68 4.9 -11.5 236 39 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.5 2.47 12 450 6654 -15.8 -21.4 62 5.6 -17.4 236 39 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.54 13 400 7531 -21.6 -31.6 40 10.0 -23.5 235 38 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.4 0.68 14 350 8500 -28.4 -40.9 29 12.5 -29.9 238 39 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 15 300 9589 -35.3 -45.7 34 10.5 -36.2 238 29 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 16 250 10837 -42.9 -45.4 77 2.5 -43.1 247 18 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.27 17 200 12304 -53.7 -54.2 95 0.5 -53.7 326 20 347.7 347.7 296.3 348.2 0.12 18 150 14102 -64.7 -65.5 90 0.8 -64.7 332 42 358.6 358.6 298.5 358.8 0.04 19 100 16632 -58.5 -84.7 2 26.2 -58.8 221 15 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.18 m Freezing level: 577.65 mb = 4720.65 m = 15487.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4074.36 m = 13367.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.67 % Est. max temperature: 35.75 C = 96.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.23 mb = 1089.70 m = 3575.07 ft T: 25.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 27.50 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.42 mb = 2799.76 m = 9185.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.51 C = 101.32 F Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 39.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 610.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2700.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.53 mb = 1849.97 m = 6069.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.53 mb = 3520.71 m = 11550.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.53 mb = 13756.18 m = 45131.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2677.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 318.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.24 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 138.81 m/s