MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.06,-100.36 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 502 SFC 943 564 30.3 19.6 53 10.6 22.6 145 17 308.5 311.4 297.7 355.2 15.43 3 900 984 26.1 18.2 62 7.9 20.5 151 33 308.4 311.2 297.3 353.2 14.78 4 850 1486 23.7 16.3 63 7.4 18.5 181 34 311.0 313.6 297.4 353.4 13.86 5 800 2014 20.6 13.2 63 7.4 15.6 206 31 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.3 12.04 6 750 2568 15.5 11.5 77 4.0 12.9 210 31 313.4 315.6 296.4 348.9 11.47 7 700 3151 12.5 1.8 48 10.7 6.4 249 25 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.0 6.22 8 650 3769 9.3 -12.0 21 21.3 0.0 269 32 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.3 2.35 9 600 4425 3.8 -16.8 20 20.6 -4.0 258 34 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.3 1.71 10 550 5124 -2.3 -18.2 28 15.9 -7.9 249 37 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.66 11 500 5871 -8.9 -21.2 36 12.3 -12.7 250 36 322.2 322.4 290.9 327.0 1.41 12 450 6676 -15.2 -26.4 38 11.3 -18.0 257 30 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 0.98 13 400 7555 -21.5 -33.8 32 12.3 -23.7 253 25 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.55 14 350 8524 -29.1 -42.4 26 13.3 -30.6 260 26 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.26 15 300 9605 -38.2 -48.4 34 10.2 -38.9 265 29 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 16 250 10832 -47.9 -57.0 34 9.1 -48.3 259 28 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 17 200 12276 -54.2 -63.5 31 9.3 -54.4 267 31 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14129 -53.7 -79.2 3 25.5 -54.1 234 26 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.01 19 100 16691 -58.9 -84.6 2 25.7 -59.2 188 11 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.02 m Freezing level: 568.74 mb = 4861.92 m = 15950.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.40 mb = 3776.91 m = 12391.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.92 mb = 1917.75 m = 6291.75 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 27.06 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2672.36 m = 8767.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.62 C = 96.11 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 619.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2844.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.54 mb = 2116.51 m = 6943.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.54 mb = 3953.63 m = 12971.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.54 mb = 12759.14 m = 41860.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2830.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.54 mb = 16349.99 m = 53641.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 408.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 408.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.68 Bulk Rich Number: 13.80 Bulk Shear: 206.10 m/s