MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508251800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 46.87,-96.34 Latitude: 46.87 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -21 SFC 960 331 28.0 18.5 56 9.5 21.3 159 17 304.7 307.3 295.9 346.8 14.12 2 950 426 28.6 17.5 51 11.1 20.9 162 26 306.2 308.7 295.8 346.4 13.40 3 900 904 24.7 16.0 58 8.7 18.8 168 38 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.7 12.84 4 850 1403 20.2 14.6 70 5.6 16.4 175 42 307.3 309.6 295.4 344.7 12.38 5 800 1923 16.2 12.6 79 3.6 13.8 191 44 308.4 310.6 295.1 343.3 11.51 6 750 2469 11.6 11.1 96 0.6 11.3 200 43 309.2 311.3 295.0 343.0 11.11 7 700 3045 8.9 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 204 39 312.3 314.1 294.7 341.7 9.51 8 650 3657 6.0 2.6 79 3.4 4.1 191 34 315.7 317.1 293.9 338.1 7.12 9 600 4308 1.1 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.3 184 31 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.5 5.69 10 550 5002 -3.8 -9.4 65 5.6 -6.2 181 32 319.6 320.3 291.9 330.8 3.41 11 500 5747 -9.3 -15.2 62 5.9 -11.4 180 30 321.7 322.2 291.6 329.6 2.34 12 450 6552 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.0 -17.1 196 33 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.3 1.44 13 400 7434 -20.1 -24.0 71 3.9 -21.1 202 25 328.9 329.2 292.7 333.8 1.38 14 350 8410 -27.2 -32.4 62 5.1 -28.1 205 27 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.7 0.72 15 300 9500 -35.9 -44.4 41 8.5 -36.7 220 28 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.7 0.24 16 250 10740 -46.0 -51.9 51 5.9 -46.3 236 35 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.13 17 200 12186 -56.1 -58.4 75 2.3 -56.2 244 55 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 18 150 13987 -58.7 -77.0 8 18.2 -59.0 234 37 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16538 -58.4 -84.3 2 25.8 -58.8 225 24 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.22 m Freezing level: 588.95 mb = 4461.03 m = 14635.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.78 mb = 4256.60 m = 13965.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.75 mb = 1537.64 m = 5044.68 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.49 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2198.29 m = 7212.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1440.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.90 mb = 1945.58 m = 6383.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.90 mb = 2436.67 m = 7994.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.90 mb = 12412.22 m = 40722.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1427.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.90 mb = 15240.54 m = 50001.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 216.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.0 neg: -17.1 tot: 270.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 58.76 Bulk Shear: 24.52 m/s