MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 45.56,-97.13 Latitude: 45.56 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 459 SFC 949 466 28.9 21.0 62 7.9 23.1 153 5 306.6 309.7 298.0 356.7 16.67 3 900 940 26.6 16.7 55 9.9 19.7 179 11 308.9 311.4 296.5 349.6 13.42 4 850 1442 22.6 15.0 62 7.6 17.4 207 11 309.8 312.2 296.3 348.7 12.75 5 800 1967 18.3 12.7 70 5.6 14.6 231 13 310.7 312.9 295.8 346.3 11.64 6 750 2517 14.4 8.3 66 6.2 10.6 244 20 312.3 314.0 294.5 340.6 9.18 7 700 3097 10.4 2.3 57 8.1 5.8 253 29 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.3 6.47 8 650 3709 5.8 -2.5 55 8.2 1.5 263 35 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.1 4.91 9 600 4358 0.8 -7.0 56 7.8 -2.8 267 43 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.3 3.78 10 550 5051 -4.1 -10.4 61 6.3 -6.7 264 52 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.14 11 500 5797 -7.6 -14.3 58 6.8 -10.1 261 57 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.3 2.52 12 450 6613 -10.9 -18.8 52 7.9 -13.6 259 56 329.5 329.9 293.3 336.2 1.92 13 400 7508 -16.7 -24.6 50 7.9 -18.9 254 57 333.2 333.5 293.8 337.9 1.30 14 350 8496 -24.6 -30.9 56 6.2 -25.9 253 60 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.6 0.83 15 300 9597 -33.5 -38.5 61 5.0 -34.1 254 61 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.9 0.46 16 250 10848 -44.3 -49.0 59 4.7 -44.6 261 67 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.18 17 200 12302 -55.9 -56.9 89 0.9 -55.9 252 63 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.09 18 150 14085 -63.9 -65.3 83 1.4 -63.9 199 74 360.0 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.04 19 100 16620 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 273 16 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.87 m Freezing level: 591.70 mb = 4473.08 m = 14675.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.20 mb = 3934.00 m = 12906.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.10 mb = 1482.03 m = 4862.25 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.86 mb = 2496.33 m = 8189.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1762.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.68 mb = 2066.99 m = 6781.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.68 mb = 2910.60 m = 9549.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.68 mb = 13105.17 m = 42995.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1758.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.68 mb = 16274.42 m = 53393.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 11.81 Bulk Shear: 149.29 m/s