MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.12,-102.56 Latitude: 45.12 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 525 SFC 918 826 30.0 16.2 43 13.8 20.4 84 7 310.6 313.0 296.5 349.4 12.68 3 900 1004 27.7 15.4 47 12.3 19.2 93 7 310.0 312.4 296.1 347.5 12.28 4 850 1507 22.8 14.5 59 8.4 17.1 114 5 310.1 312.4 296.1 347.5 12.27 5 800 2031 17.8 13.5 76 4.3 14.9 147 5 310.1 312.5 296.1 347.5 12.25 6 750 2580 13.6 10.7 83 2.8 11.7 228 8 311.3 313.4 295.4 344.7 10.88 7 700 3161 12.6 -2.4 35 15.0 4.7 268 21 316.4 317.3 292.0 331.1 4.59 8 650 3778 8.2 -7.4 32 15.5 0.8 262 30 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.2 3.38 9 600 4432 2.4 -10.8 37 13.1 -3.3 257 33 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.1 2.80 10 550 5127 -3.6 -15.3 40 11.6 -7.9 254 35 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.9 2.12 11 500 5871 -9.0 -23.5 30 14.4 -13.2 260 39 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.0 1.15 12 450 6678 -14.3 -27.6 32 13.2 -17.6 270 39 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.4 0.88 13 400 7560 -20.6 -32.8 33 12.2 -22.9 273 40 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.61 14 350 8533 -28.2 -39.8 32 11.6 -29.7 275 38 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.34 15 300 9619 -36.9 -40.6 69 3.7 -37.3 274 39 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.37 16 250 10852 -47.1 -48.3 88 1.2 -47.2 280 50 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.19 17 200 12291 -56.8 -60.7 61 3.9 -56.9 279 52 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14115 -55.1 -79.0 4 23.9 -55.4 270 29 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.01 19 100 16680 -58.0 -84.4 2 26.4 -58.4 184 8 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.88 m Freezing level: 580.22 mb = 4706.51 m = 15441.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3904.12 m = 12808.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.39 mb = 2564.53 m = 8413.71 ft T: 13.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 21.49 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3358.70 m = 11019.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.20 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1840.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.59 mb = 2562.26 m = 8406.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.59 mb = 4077.56 m = 13377.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.59 mb = 12731.27 m = 41768.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1811.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.59 mb = 15709.07 m = 51538.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.67 Bulk Shear: 125.43 m/s