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: 46.54,-100.94 Latitude: 46.54 Longitude: -100.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 501 SFC 941 590 29.5 19.6 55 9.9 22.3 151 13 308.0 310.9 297.6 354.5 15.39 3 900 982 26.2 17.6 59 8.5 20.1 153 26 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.6 14.24 4 850 1483 22.6 16.1 66 6.6 18.1 177 26 309.9 312.4 297.0 351.4 13.65 5 800 2010 19.5 13.3 68 6.1 15.3 214 22 311.9 314.2 296.4 349.1 12.12 6 750 2562 14.5 11.7 83 2.8 12.7 212 24 312.4 314.6 296.2 348.2 11.63 7 700 3142 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 6.5 247 23 315.3 316.6 293.4 336.2 6.62 8 650 3759 8.7 -9.3 27 17.9 0.5 258 32 318.8 319.3 291.2 328.4 2.92 9 600 4414 3.0 -14.8 26 17.8 -4.0 252 34 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.4 2.01 10 550 5111 -2.9 -17.3 32 14.4 -8.0 242 41 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.8 1.80 11 500 5856 -9.4 -19.4 44 10.0 -12.6 242 42 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.2 1.65 12 450 6661 -14.8 -30.6 25 15.8 -18.3 255 40 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.66 13 400 7544 -20.2 -38.5 18 18.3 -23.1 253 32 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.34 14 350 8516 -28.7 -41.2 29 12.5 -30.2 248 32 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 15 300 9598 -37.9 -51.1 24 13.2 -38.7 256 28 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10825 -47.8 -56.9 34 9.2 -48.1 259 25 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12273 -54.3 -62.7 35 8.4 -54.5 280 21 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14118 -54.1 -79.1 3 25.0 -54.5 229 27 376.8 376.8 301.8 376.9 0.01 19 100 16684 -58.1 -85.0 2 26.9 -58.4 179 14 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.26 m Freezing level: 574.44 mb = 4770.14 m = 15649.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.59 mb = 3827.83 m = 12558.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.42 mb = 1854.48 m = 6084.19 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 28.18 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.12 mb = 2526.07 m = 8287.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 39.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 595.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2549.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.16 mb = 2115.49 m = 6940.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.16 mb = 3948.36 m = 12953.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.16 mb = 12767.40 m = 41887.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2521.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.16 mb = 16366.13 m = 53694.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 16.09 Bulk Shear: 158.47 m/s