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: 45.86,-100.49 Latitude: 45.86 Longitude: -100.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 494 SFC 944 555 30.7 19.0 50 11.7 22.3 125 13 308.9 311.7 297.4 353.8 14.79 3 900 976 27.1 17.4 55 9.7 20.2 135 25 309.4 312.1 297.1 352.0 14.01 4 850 1479 22.9 16.3 66 6.6 18.2 150 27 310.1 312.7 297.1 352.2 13.81 5 800 2006 19.2 14.3 73 4.9 15.9 177 29 311.7 314.1 296.9 351.4 12.95 6 750 2557 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 183 29 312.1 314.5 296.8 350.9 12.61 7 700 3139 13.2 -0.5 39 13.7 5.7 236 20 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.9 5.26 8 650 3758 9.7 -9.9 24 19.7 0.8 248 24 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.77 9 600 4416 4.0 -13.5 27 17.5 -3.2 238 27 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.3 2.25 10 550 5115 -2.1 -17.8 29 15.7 -7.7 226 31 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.5 1.72 11 500 5862 -8.5 -21.6 34 13.1 -12.5 217 38 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.3 1.36 12 450 6669 -15.0 -27.9 33 12.8 -18.1 227 41 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.4 0.86 13 400 7547 -21.7 -36.0 26 14.3 -24.1 247 37 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.44 14 350 8517 -28.7 -46.7 16 18.0 -30.5 257 39 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.16 15 300 9600 -37.8 -44.9 47 7.1 -38.4 267 53 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.23 16 250 10829 -47.8 -51.5 66 3.7 -48.0 272 65 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12267 -56.0 -61.1 53 5.1 -56.1 268 39 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14110 -53.7 -78.9 3 25.2 -54.2 239 28 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -57.9 -84.6 2 26.7 -58.3 219 8 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.46 m Freezing level: 566.91 mb = 4878.19 m = 16004.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.19 mb = 3883.28 m = 12740.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.44 C = 92.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.63 mb = 2041.68 m = 6698.33 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 24.90 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2513.04 m = 8244.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.80 C = 92.85 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -6.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2663.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.14 mb = 2209.64 m = 7249.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.14 mb = 4197.74 m = 13771.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.14 mb = 12727.50 m = 41756.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2662.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.14 mb = 16307.99 m = 53503.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.9 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 238.9 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -142.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.8 neg: -3.6 tot: 266.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.19 Bulk Rich Number: 21.19 Bulk Shear: 125.70 m/s