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: 45.96,-100.38 Latitude: 45.96 Longitude: -100.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 498 SFC 943 562 29.8 19.0 53 10.7 22.1 125 13 308.0 310.8 297.3 352.9 14.83 3 900 980 26.3 17.5 59 8.8 20.1 133 26 308.6 311.3 297.0 351.5 14.15 4 850 1481 22.1 16.5 70 5.6 18.2 148 27 309.3 312.0 297.1 352.0 14.03 5 800 2006 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 15.8 179 29 311.2 313.7 296.9 351.3 13.09 6 750 2558 14.1 13.2 94 0.9 13.5 185 30 311.9 314.3 296.9 351.2 12.81 7 700 3139 13.1 -0.4 39 13.5 5.7 235 20 317.0 318.0 292.8 334.0 5.32 8 650 3758 9.7 -10.6 23 20.3 0.5 250 24 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.61 9 600 4415 4.1 -14.2 25 18.3 -3.3 236 27 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.0 2.12 10 550 5115 -2.0 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.6 225 30 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.7 1.75 11 500 5863 -8.5 -21.4 34 12.9 -12.5 217 37 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.38 12 450 6669 -15.2 -26.4 38 11.2 -18.0 226 41 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 0.99 13 400 7547 -21.9 -34.2 32 12.3 -24.1 242 36 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.4 0.53 14 350 8515 -29.0 -45.4 19 16.5 -30.7 253 38 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 15 300 9598 -37.8 -44.8 48 7.0 -38.4 267 53 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.24 16 250 10827 -47.9 -51.7 64 3.8 -48.0 272 66 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12266 -55.9 -60.7 55 4.8 -56.1 266 38 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14109 -53.7 -78.9 3 25.1 -54.1 237 29 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.01 19 100 16686 -57.8 -84.7 2 26.9 -58.2 218 7 416.0 416.0 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.51 m Freezing level: 566.36 mb = 4885.71 m = 16029.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3848.07 m = 12624.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.20 mb = 1928.80 m = 6327.99 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.54 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2451.60 m = 8043.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.66 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2591.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.07 mb = 2091.56 m = 6862.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.07 mb = 4185.04 m = 13730.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.07 mb = 12693.83 m = 41645.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2589.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.07 mb = 16252.02 m = 53319.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 280.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.27 Bulk Rich Number: 19.93 Bulk Shear: 130.00 m/s