MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-103.35 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 586 2 900 1057 SFC 888 1180 27.1 14.1 45 13.0 18.2 148 12 310.6 312.8 295.7 345.7 11.47 4 850 1557 21.9 12.7 56 9.2 15.8 159 14 309.1 311.1 294.9 342.4 10.95 5 800 2080 16.9 11.5 70 5.4 13.4 169 13 309.2 311.2 294.8 341.9 10.73 6 750 2626 12.3 9.8 85 2.5 10.7 184 12 309.9 311.8 294.6 341.0 10.19 7 700 3205 12.1 -3.2 34 15.2 4.2 279 6 315.8 316.7 291.6 329.7 4.32 8 650 3820 7.4 -9.1 30 16.5 -0.1 292 16 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.0 2.94 9 600 4472 1.7 -13.7 31 15.4 -4.4 291 18 318.1 318.5 290.4 325.5 2.22 10 550 5165 -4.8 -16.7 39 11.9 -8.9 294 19 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.7 1.88 11 500 5905 -11.4 -18.5 56 7.1 -13.6 286 20 319.2 319.5 290.3 325.2 1.78 12 450 6703 -17.6 -23.4 61 5.8 -19.1 284 20 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.6 1.29 13 400 7575 -23.4 -30.2 54 6.7 -24.7 257 20 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.3 0.78 14 350 8535 -31.5 -35.6 67 4.1 -32.1 249 27 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.52 15 300 9604 -40.6 -44.9 63 4.3 -40.9 247 20 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 16 250 10824 -47.7 -58.8 27 11.1 -48.1 214 10 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12286 -50.4 -70.1 8 19.6 -50.8 255 21 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14151 -53.0 -78.6 3 25.6 -53.4 280 25 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.01 19 100 16715 -60.2 -84.6 3 24.4 -60.5 293 22 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.77 m Freezing level: 586.82 mb = 4654.67 m = 15271.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.14 mb = 3805.90 m = 12486.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.37 mb = 2803.23 m = 9196.83 ft T: 12.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.95 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3594.12 m = 11791.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1632.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.19 mb = 2748.28 m = 9016.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.19 mb = 4415.50 m = 14486.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.19 mb = 11537.94 m = 37853.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1619.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.19 mb = 14401.25 m = 47247.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: -5.8 tot: 61.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 20.56 Bulk Shear: 79.41 m/s