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: 46.11,-100.41 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -100.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 502 SFC 944 561 30.2 19.6 53 10.6 22.6 145 16 308.4 311.3 297.7 355.0 15.39 3 900 983 26.2 18.2 61 8.0 20.5 151 32 308.5 311.2 297.3 353.1 14.73 4 850 1485 23.7 16.3 63 7.4 18.5 180 33 311.0 313.6 297.3 353.3 13.82 5 800 2014 20.5 13.2 63 7.3 15.6 205 30 313.1 315.3 296.7 350.2 12.04 6 750 2568 15.5 11.5 77 4.0 12.9 210 30 313.4 315.6 296.4 348.8 11.45 7 700 3150 12.4 2.2 50 10.2 6.5 247 25 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.5 6.40 8 650 3768 9.3 -12.0 21 21.3 0.0 267 33 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.2 2.34 9 600 4424 3.8 -16.9 20 20.7 -4.0 257 34 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.70 10 550 5123 -2.3 -18.1 29 15.8 -7.9 248 37 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.67 11 500 5869 -9.0 -20.8 38 11.9 -12.6 250 37 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.1 1.45 12 450 6675 -15.1 -26.7 36 11.6 -18.0 258 31 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.6 0.95 13 400 7554 -21.3 -35.2 28 13.8 -23.8 253 25 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.48 14 350 8524 -29.1 -42.3 27 13.3 -30.6 259 27 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.26 15 300 9604 -38.2 -48.4 34 10.2 -38.9 264 29 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.16 16 250 10832 -48.0 -57.0 35 9.0 -48.3 260 28 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.07 17 200 12275 -54.2 -63.5 31 9.3 -54.4 268 31 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14128 -53.7 -79.2 3 25.5 -54.1 234 27 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.6 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: 5814.41 m Freezing level: 568.98 mb = 4857.39 m = 15936.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3771.38 m = 12373.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.47 mb = 1911.16 m = 6270.13 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.96 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2669.37 m = 8757.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.57 C = 96.03 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.68 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 38.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 619.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2817.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.12 mb = 2120.41 m = 6956.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.12 mb = 3958.04 m = 12985.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.12 mb = 12773.14 m = 41906.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2799.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.12 mb = 16374.69 m = 53722.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.44 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 202.00 m/s