MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.59,-97.92 Latitude: 46.59 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 958 406 24.2 21.9 87 2.4 22.5 122 7 301.0 304.2 297.1 352.4 17.48 2 950 482 25.7 21.5 77 4.2 22.6 135 12 303.3 306.5 297.6 354.5 17.23 3 900 961 26.3 17.5 59 8.8 20.1 196 28 308.6 311.3 297.0 351.5 14.14 4 850 1466 26.9 12.7 41 14.2 17.4 208 40 314.4 316.4 296.3 348.4 10.95 5 800 2000 24.9 8.4 35 16.4 14.3 218 42 317.6 319.3 295.6 345.1 8.70 6 750 2562 20.9 3.9 33 17.0 10.7 221 37 319.3 320.6 294.6 340.9 6.78 7 700 3153 16.0 -1.6 30 17.6 6.4 221 33 320.2 321.2 293.3 336.0 4.86 8 650 3776 10.6 -6.4 30 17.0 2.2 227 29 320.9 321.6 292.5 332.9 3.63 9 600 4435 4.5 -9.7 35 14.2 -1.9 230 29 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.4 3.04 10 550 5135 -2.0 -12.8 43 10.8 -6.4 235 31 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.60 11 500 5883 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.2 241 33 322.4 322.8 291.7 330.0 2.25 12 450 6689 -14.8 -24.2 45 9.4 -17.3 242 28 324.6 324.8 291.4 328.8 1.20 13 400 7570 -21.3 -29.8 46 8.5 -23.1 238 27 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.2 0.81 14 350 8540 -28.2 -45.2 18 17.0 -30.0 244 30 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 15 300 9628 -35.6 -44.4 40 8.8 -36.4 235 26 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.25 16 250 10870 -45.1 -53.4 39 8.3 -45.4 235 19 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.11 17 200 12328 -54.6 -64.0 30 9.5 -54.8 229 7 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14125 -64.6 -69.4 51 4.8 -64.6 305 4 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16633 -58.3 -84.7 2 26.4 -58.7 238 14 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.59 m Freezing level: 565.35 mb = 4920.03 m = 16141.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4120.94 m = 13519.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.34 % Est. max temperature: 40.09 C = 104.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.19 mb = 706.82 m = 2318.93 ft T: 26.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 25.70 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3434.52 m = 11267.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.53 C = 110.36 F Cap Strength: 8.84 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.93 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 522.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2255.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 558.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.54 mb = 1928.49 m = 6326.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.54 mb = 4413.90 m = 14481.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.54 mb = 13287.24 m = 43592.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2241.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.5 neg: -21.7 tot: 365.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.46 Bulk Rich Number: 25.29 Bulk Shear: 89.18 m/s