MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.04,-100.13 Latitude: 46.04 Longitude: -100.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 510 SFC 943 574 26.7 19.9 66 6.8 21.8 160 15 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.8 15.71 3 900 988 25.5 18.8 66 6.7 20.7 175 33 307.8 310.7 297.5 354.2 15.34 4 850 1492 25.2 15.6 55 9.6 18.5 210 34 312.5 315.1 297.3 353.3 13.23 5 800 2022 21.0 12.7 59 8.4 15.4 227 27 313.6 315.8 296.5 349.4 11.59 6 750 2577 16.4 9.7 65 6.6 12.1 234 25 314.3 316.3 295.7 345.9 10.16 7 700 3160 12.0 3.4 56 8.6 7.0 249 28 315.8 317.1 293.8 337.9 7.00 8 650 3776 8.0 -8.1 31 16.2 0.5 263 37 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.5 3.19 9 600 4430 2.9 -12.3 32 15.3 -3.4 253 43 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.7 2.47 10 550 5127 -3.3 -10.3 58 7.0 -6.3 246 47 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.6 3.17 11 500 5872 -9.2 -21.0 38 11.7 -12.8 252 45 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.8 1.44 12 450 6680 -13.4 -35.8 13 22.4 -17.8 264 35 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.40 13 400 7564 -20.6 -36.6 22 16.1 -23.3 259 27 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.41 14 350 8535 -28.8 -44.2 21 15.5 -30.4 263 24 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 15 300 9617 -38.2 -51.0 25 12.8 -39.0 274 26 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 16 250 10844 -47.7 -57.7 31 10.0 -48.0 273 20 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12292 -54.9 -62.0 41 7.1 -55.1 44 4 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14123 -54.9 -78.8 4 23.9 -55.3 234 30 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.5 0.01 19 100 16692 -59.0 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.3 200 12 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.04 m Freezing level: 576.61 mb = 4756.25 m = 15604.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.13 mb = 3863.19 m = 12674.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.04 % Est. max temperature: 35.30 C = 95.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.64 mb = 1444.23 m = 4738.24 ft T: 25.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 26.41 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2768.49 m = 9082.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 41.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 612.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2807.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.71 mb = 2046.74 m = 6714.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.71 mb = 3490.85 m = 11452.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.71 mb = 12867.42 m = 42215.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2788.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.5 neg: -8.4 tot: 362.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.87 Bulk Rich Number: 16.32 Bulk Shear: 172.06 m/s