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: 48.36,-105.87 Latitude: 48.36 Longitude: -105.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 498 SFC 919 787 23.9 16.8 64 7.1 19.0 61 12 304.3 306.8 295.2 343.7 13.20 3 900 969 23.1 15.5 62 7.6 17.9 74 20 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.3 12.37 4 850 1466 20.0 13.4 66 6.6 15.6 97 22 307.1 309.2 294.7 341.6 11.43 5 800 1986 16.0 11.7 76 4.2 13.2 113 21 308.2 310.2 294.6 341.1 10.88 6 750 2532 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 132 20 309.4 311.3 294.5 340.7 10.27 7 700 3107 8.2 7.5 95 0.7 7.8 154 20 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.3 9.34 8 650 3716 4.3 3.2 92 1.1 3.7 173 19 313.8 315.3 293.6 337.0 7.42 9 600 4364 1.0 -6.4 57 7.5 -2.4 191 18 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.1 3.94 10 550 5057 -4.4 -12.7 52 8.3 -7.7 197 23 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.63 11 500 5799 -10.9 -14.7 73 3.8 -12.2 192 28 319.8 320.2 291.1 327.9 2.45 12 450 6598 -17.3 -19.4 83 2.1 -17.9 189 34 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.83 13 400 7468 -24.3 -26.6 81 2.3 -24.8 193 33 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.2 1.09 14 350 8429 -30.3 -32.4 82 2.1 -30.6 180 21 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 15 300 9508 -37.5 -39.8 79 2.3 -37.7 134 22 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.40 16 250 10740 -46.6 -48.2 84 1.6 -46.7 109 20 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.19 17 200 12192 -54.8 -57.9 68 3.1 -54.9 154 15 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.08 18 150 14048 -51.7 -80.5 2 28.7 -52.2 205 21 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16649 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 198 16 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.49 m Freezing level: 590.37 mb = 4497.52 m = 14755.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.03 mb = 4098.12 m = 13445.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.76 mb = 1693.69 m = 5556.66 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.61 mb = 2491.24 m = 8173.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 43.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.58 mb = 2140.11 m = 7021.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.58 mb = 3099.95 m = 10170.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.58 mb = 11554.92 m = 37909.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1331.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.58 mb = 14464.46 m = 47455.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.6 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 195.6 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.05 Bulk Shear: 110.88 m/s