MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.05,-96.81 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 958 489 28.1 23.1 74 5.0 24.4 182 5 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.7 18.92 2 950 562 28.0 21.1 66 6.9 23.0 189 7 305.6 308.7 297.9 356.0 16.84 3 900 1040 23.9 18.5 72 5.4 20.1 198 11 306.2 309.0 297.0 351.5 15.08 4 850 1538 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 17.9 205 11 306.6 309.3 296.8 350.9 14.73 5 800 2058 16.4 13.8 84 2.6 14.7 214 7 308.6 311.0 295.8 346.5 12.49 6 750 2609 16.4 5.7 49 10.8 9.9 256 8 314.4 315.9 293.9 338.3 7.65 7 700 3192 12.4 -2.5 35 14.9 4.6 267 15 316.2 317.1 291.9 330.8 4.55 8 650 3808 7.7 -9.0 29 16.7 0.1 267 22 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.5 2.98 9 600 4461 2.6 -9.8 40 12.4 -2.9 262 31 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.1 3.03 10 550 5157 -3.4 -11.6 53 8.2 -6.7 257 39 320.1 320.6 291.6 329.6 2.87 11 500 5901 -10.3 -13.5 77 3.3 -11.5 255 41 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.4 2.69 12 450 6704 -15.3 -27.6 34 12.2 -18.3 267 33 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.88 13 400 7584 -20.8 -30.4 42 9.6 -22.7 272 32 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.8 0.76 14 350 8556 -28.6 -36.2 48 7.5 -29.7 275 34 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.0 0.50 15 300 9639 -37.6 -43.1 56 5.5 -38.1 282 35 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.28 16 250 10867 -48.4 -50.5 78 2.2 -48.5 291 35 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 17 200 12301 -58.1 -61.0 70 2.8 -58.2 289 31 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 14116 -55.8 -78.0 5 22.2 -56.2 259 16 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.01 19 100 16668 -59.1 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 231 12 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.85 m Freezing level: 578.34 mb = 4762.50 m = 15624.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.71 mb = 3836.55 m = 12586.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.04 mb = 1127.22 m = 3698.19 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 34.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1849.02 m = 6066.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -8.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.32 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.78 C Cross Totals Index: 27.55 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3023.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.69 mb = 1632.30 m = 5355.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.69 mb = 3609.58 m = 11842.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.69 mb = 13118.27 m = 43038.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2998.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -15.6 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 58.48 Bulk Shear: 51.71 m/s