MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 45.72,-101.93 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 488 SFC 923 742 32.6 16.5 38 16.1 21.3 155 15 312.8 315.3 297.2 352.7 12.92 3 900 970 28.7 15.3 44 13.5 19.4 158 22 311.1 313.4 296.3 348.5 12.22 4 850 1474 23.8 14.2 55 9.6 17.2 162 23 311.1 313.4 296.2 348.1 12.09 5 800 2000 18.9 13.2 69 5.8 15.0 167 23 311.3 313.6 296.2 348.0 11.97 6 750 2551 14.4 10.7 79 3.7 12.0 180 20 312.2 314.3 295.7 345.7 10.86 7 700 3134 13.7 -2.2 33 15.9 5.3 234 23 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.7 4.66 8 650 3755 10.4 -13.7 17 24.0 0.2 243 28 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.05 9 600 4413 4.5 -17.4 19 21.9 -3.8 234 30 321.3 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.63 10 550 5113 -1.6 -21.3 21 19.7 -8.1 221 27 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.27 11 500 5862 -8.4 -23.8 28 15.4 -12.9 214 30 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.7 1.12 12 450 6668 -15.4 -27.1 36 11.7 -18.2 216 38 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.92 13 400 7544 -22.3 -31.5 43 9.1 -24.1 226 36 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.69 14 350 8511 -29.6 -39.3 39 9.7 -30.8 240 44 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.36 15 300 9590 -38.4 -51.1 25 12.8 -39.2 250 51 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10817 -47.5 -57.3 31 9.8 -47.9 265 61 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12261 -55.6 -62.5 42 6.9 -55.8 252 32 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 18 150 14099 -53.7 -78.9 3 25.2 -54.1 219 28 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.01 19 100 16672 -57.7 -84.6 2 26.8 -58.1 216 14 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.56 m Freezing level: 563.13 mb = 4929.28 m = 16171.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.90 mb = 3781.62 m = 12406.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.85 mb = 2758.22 m = 9049.16 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 26.10 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.41 mb = 3762.41 m = 12343.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.32 C = 104.58 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2107.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.10 mb = 2686.38 m = 8813.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.10 mb = 4506.12 m = 14783.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.10 mb = 12485.37 m = 40961.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2105.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.10 mb = 15353.10 m = 50370.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 112.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 33.17 Bulk Shear: 63.54 m/s