MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.16,-103.27 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 1 950 563 2 900 1039 SFC 896 1080 30.5 13.0 34 17.5 18.7 169 13 313.4 315.4 295.7 346.1 10.57 4 850 1546 25.4 11.9 43 13.5 16.4 180 19 312.7 314.7 295.4 344.6 10.33 5 800 2074 20.4 10.7 54 9.7 14.1 189 19 312.9 314.8 295.4 344.4 10.18 6 750 2627 15.3 9.3 67 6.0 11.4 201 19 313.2 315.1 295.2 343.7 9.85 7 700 3208 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.2 215 18 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.6 8.92 8 650 3821 5.8 0.6 69 5.2 2.9 231 11 315.6 316.7 293.1 335.1 6.17 9 600 4470 1.0 -8.9 47 9.9 -3.4 298 9 317.3 317.9 291.1 327.8 3.24 10 550 5163 -4.8 -14.8 46 10.0 -8.5 298 11 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.7 2.21 11 500 5903 -10.9 -18.7 53 7.7 -13.4 292 14 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.75 12 450 6703 -17.1 -24.4 53 7.3 -18.9 284 25 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.9 1.18 13 400 7575 -23.6 -32.6 43 9.0 -25.2 289 26 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5 0.62 14 350 8536 -31.0 -35.9 62 4.9 -31.7 289 30 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.8 0.51 15 300 9612 -38.5 -41.5 73 3.0 -38.8 273 34 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10843 -45.7 -47.1 86 1.4 -45.8 230 44 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.22 17 200 12308 -51.8 -68.5 12 16.6 -52.2 268 34 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14167 -54.1 -78.5 3 24.4 -54.5 283 31 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.01 19 100 16723 -60.6 -84.6 3 24.0 -60.9 306 19 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.62 m Freezing level: 591.49 mb = 4588.20 m = 15052.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.70 mb = 4117.00 m = 13507.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.56 mb = 3272.37 m = 10736.00 ft T: 9.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.69 mb = 3451.34 m = 11323.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 59.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 44.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1723.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.35 mb = 3263.04 m = 10705.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.35 mb = 3690.00 m = 12106.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.35 mb = 11672.23 m = 38294.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1714.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.35 mb = 15052.27 m = 49383.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.2 neg: -10.7 tot: 65.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 39.06 Bulk Shear: 44.12 m/s