MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.72,-100.67 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 489 SFC 940 583 31.7 18.7 46 13.0 22.3 129 12 310.2 313.0 297.7 354.8 14.59 3 900 973 28.3 17.0 50 11.4 20.3 140 23 310.7 313.3 297.1 352.4 13.63 4 850 1477 23.9 15.7 60 8.2 18.2 154 25 311.2 313.7 297.1 352.0 13.31 5 800 2005 19.5 14.1 71 5.4 15.8 172 26 312.0 314.4 296.9 351.2 12.77 6 750 2557 14.9 12.3 84 2.7 13.1 184 25 312.8 315.1 296.6 349.9 12.04 7 700 3140 13.2 0.5 42 12.7 6.1 235 18 317.1 318.2 293.1 335.1 5.65 8 650 3759 9.7 -8.5 27 18.2 1.1 245 23 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.09 9 600 4416 3.9 -11.9 30 15.9 -2.8 237 28 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.2 2.55 10 550 5115 -2.2 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.5 226 32 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.9 1.90 11 500 5863 -8.6 -21.2 35 12.6 -12.5 216 38 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.40 12 450 6669 -14.8 -28.8 29 13.9 -18.1 227 39 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.79 13 400 7548 -21.5 -38.4 20 16.9 -24.1 249 39 327.1 327.1 291.3 328.4 0.35 14 350 8518 -28.5 -47.3 15 18.8 -30.4 261 42 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.15 15 300 9602 -37.8 -44.3 50 6.5 -38.4 265 53 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10831 -47.8 -51.0 69 3.2 -48.0 271 65 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12270 -56.0 -61.4 51 5.4 -56.1 271 44 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14110 -53.8 -78.9 3 25.1 -54.2 239 27 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -58.1 -84.5 2 26.4 -58.5 214 9 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.42 m Freezing level: 567.81 mb = 4866.14 m = 15964.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.57 mb = 3943.43 m = 12937.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.45 mb = 2227.46 m = 7307.86 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 27.38 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3151.24 m = 10338.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.43 C = 101.17 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2681.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.58 mb = 2414.85 m = 7922.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.58 mb = 4047.29 m = 13278.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.58 mb = 13030.37 m = 42750.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2630.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.58 mb = 16221.85 m = 53220.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -161.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 200.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 25.19 Bulk Shear: 106.43 m/s