MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.99,-99.54 Latitude: 46.99 Longitude: -99.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 476 SFC 942 555 28.0 20.7 64 7.3 22.7 339 9 306.4 309.5 297.9 356.0 16.51 3 900 953 23.4 19.1 77 4.3 20.4 356 8 305.6 308.6 297.2 352.5 15.65 4 850 1450 19.1 17.9 93 1.2 18.3 39 5 306.2 309.1 297.1 352.4 15.39 5 800 1970 16.3 16.2 100 0.1 16.3 78 6 308.5 311.3 297.3 353.0 14.68 6 750 2518 14.4 9.7 73 4.7 11.4 140 12 312.2 314.1 295.1 343.4 10.12 7 700 3103 14.8 -1.9 32 16.7 5.8 165 19 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.2 4.75 8 650 3725 10.4 -6.1 31 16.5 2.2 205 29 320.7 321.4 292.5 332.9 3.72 9 600 4384 5.0 -11.8 28 16.8 -2.3 214 37 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.5 2.58 10 550 5085 -1.6 -13.9 39 12.3 -6.5 210 38 322.2 322.7 291.7 330.2 2.38 11 500 5834 -8.8 -14.5 63 5.8 -10.9 211 43 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.7 2.48 12 450 6638 -16.0 -20.9 66 4.9 -17.4 210 41 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.6 1.61 13 400 7517 -20.9 -32.9 33 12.0 -23.1 221 40 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.60 14 350 8490 -27.3 -33.9 54 6.6 -28.4 223 39 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.3 0.62 15 300 9583 -35.2 -43.6 42 8.4 -36.0 224 34 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.8 0.27 16 250 10825 -45.6 -52.4 47 6.7 -46.0 225 35 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.12 17 200 12270 -57.6 -59.7 77 2.1 -57.6 247 33 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.06 18 150 14057 -60.9 -72.2 21 11.3 -61.0 227 29 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16611 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.1 215 14 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.95 m Freezing level: 562.17 mb = 4914.26 m = 16122.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.44 mb = 4041.99 m = 13260.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.50 mb = 1485.36 m = 4873.16 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 22.83 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1689.98 m = 5544.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.36 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 29.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2575.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.94 mb = 1531.78 m = 5025.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.94 mb = 4289.27 m = 14072.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.94 mb = 13392.66 m = 43938.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2542.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.9 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 233.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 266.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 18.72 Bulk Shear: 137.59 m/s