MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 45.39,-97.05 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 1 950 438 SFC 945 487 30.1 18.4 50 11.7 21.8 176 17 308.2 310.8 296.9 351.1 14.20 3 900 918 25.4 15.4 54 10.0 18.6 181 32 307.7 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.34 4 850 1417 20.6 14.1 66 6.6 16.3 185 37 307.8 310.0 295.3 344.0 11.97 5 800 1937 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 13.9 189 41 308.0 310.2 295.2 343.8 11.81 6 750 2483 12.3 10.4 88 1.9 11.0 197 40 309.9 311.9 294.8 342.3 10.61 7 700 3062 11.2 5.0 66 6.2 7.5 207 36 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.4 7.84 8 650 3677 6.6 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 207 33 316.4 317.7 293.6 337.0 6.50 9 600 4329 1.9 -3.3 69 5.2 -0.7 211 27 318.3 319.3 292.9 334.4 5.01 10 550 5024 -3.5 -9.0 66 5.4 -5.9 199 23 319.9 320.6 292.1 331.5 3.53 11 500 5769 -9.4 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.3 208 27 321.5 322.0 291.7 329.9 2.49 12 450 6574 -15.4 -19.7 69 4.3 -16.7 215 31 323.9 324.3 291.7 330.0 1.78 13 400 7452 -21.8 -23.9 83 2.1 -22.3 223 38 326.6 326.9 292.1 331.5 1.39 14 350 8425 -27.7 -30.1 80 2.4 -28.2 227 33 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.89 15 300 9513 -36.2 -39.6 71 3.4 -36.5 221 35 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.41 16 250 10749 -46.9 -48.6 82 1.7 -47.0 219 32 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.19 17 200 12190 -57.8 -58.5 92 0.7 -57.8 217 39 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 13994 -57.1 -78.0 5 20.9 -57.4 225 28 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16541 -60.3 -84.1 3 23.8 -60.6 202 16 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.20 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4571.18 m = 14997.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.44 mb = 4214.76 m = 13827.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.41 mb = 1964.75 m = 6445.96 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.38 mb = 2333.32 m = 7655.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1645.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.52 mb = 2145.67 m = 7039.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.52 mb = 3732.95 m = 12247.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.52 mb = 12661.03 m = 41538.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1614.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.52 mb = 15113.31 m = 49583.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 184.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.78 Bulk Rich Number: 98.40 Bulk Shear: 16.72 m/s