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: 46.08,-100.46 Latitude: 46.08 Longitude: -100.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 501 SFC 944 559 30.4 19.7 53 10.8 22.7 144 17 308.7 311.6 297.8 355.5 15.47 3 900 982 26.3 18.3 61 8.0 20.6 150 33 308.6 311.4 297.4 353.5 14.82 4 850 1485 24.0 16.1 61 7.9 18.5 182 33 311.3 313.9 297.3 353.3 13.70 5 800 2014 20.6 13.1 62 7.6 15.5 205 30 313.2 315.4 296.6 350.0 11.93 6 750 2568 15.5 11.4 76 4.1 12.8 209 30 313.4 315.6 296.3 348.6 11.38 7 700 3150 12.6 1.1 45 11.5 6.2 250 25 316.4 317.6 293.2 335.3 5.95 8 650 3769 9.3 -12.4 20 21.6 -0.0 267 33 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.0 2.27 9 600 4424 3.8 -17.1 20 20.9 -4.1 257 35 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.67 10 550 5123 -2.4 -17.9 29 15.6 -7.9 247 38 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.1 1.69 11 500 5870 -9.0 -20.7 38 11.7 -12.6 249 38 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.1 1.47 12 450 6675 -15.1 -26.9 36 11.8 -18.0 259 31 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.94 13 400 7555 -21.3 -36.0 25 14.7 -23.8 253 25 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.44 14 350 8524 -29.1 -42.4 26 13.3 -30.6 260 26 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.26 15 300 9605 -38.3 -48.2 35 9.9 -38.9 264 29 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 16 250 10832 -48.0 -56.9 35 8.9 -48.3 259 29 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12275 -54.3 -63.5 31 9.2 -54.5 268 32 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14128 -53.6 -79.2 3 25.6 -54.0 235 27 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.01 19 100 16690 -58.8 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.1 187 11 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.91 m Freezing level: 569.09 mb = 4856.20 m = 15932.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.31 mb = 3764.62 m = 12350.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.91 C = 94.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.64 mb = 1930.74 m = 6334.38 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 29.33 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2687.20 m = 8816.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.76 C = 96.37 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -7.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.06 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2880.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.88 mb = 2144.72 m = 7036.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.88 mb = 3987.37 m = 13081.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.88 mb = 12851.43 m = 42162.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2854.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 392.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.48 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 206.57 m/s