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: 45.99,-100.44 Latitude: 45.99 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 943 561 29.7 19.0 53 10.7 22.1 123 13 307.9 310.7 297.2 352.7 14.82 3 900 979 26.3 17.5 59 8.7 20.1 131 26 308.6 311.2 297.0 351.5 14.15 4 850 1481 22.1 16.5 70 5.6 18.2 146 27 309.3 312.0 297.1 352.0 14.04 5 800 2006 18.9 14.5 75 4.5 15.8 179 29 311.3 313.8 296.9 351.3 13.05 6 750 2558 14.1 13.1 94 1.0 13.5 185 30 311.9 314.3 296.9 351.2 12.78 7 700 3138 13.0 -0.1 41 13.1 5.8 234 20 316.8 317.9 292.9 334.2 5.43 8 650 3758 9.6 -10.5 23 20.2 0.5 250 25 319.8 320.4 291.3 328.6 2.63 9 600 4415 4.0 -14.1 25 18.1 -3.3 237 27 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.0 2.15 10 550 5114 -2.1 -17.3 30 15.2 -7.6 225 30 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.80 11 500 5861 -8.6 -21.7 34 13.1 -12.6 217 37 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.3 1.35 12 450 6667 -15.2 -26.8 36 11.6 -18.0 226 41 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.94 13 400 7546 -22.0 -34.5 31 12.5 -24.1 243 36 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 14 350 8514 -28.9 -45.8 18 16.8 -30.7 252 38 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.18 15 300 9596 -37.8 -44.7 49 6.9 -38.4 266 54 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.24 16 250 10825 -47.9 -51.8 64 3.9 -48.0 271 66 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 17 200 12265 -55.9 -60.8 54 4.9 -56.0 264 37 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14108 -53.7 -78.9 3 25.2 -54.1 239 29 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.01 19 100 16686 -57.8 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.2 221 7 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.92 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4875.63 m = 15995.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3847.51 m = 12622.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.25 mb = 1917.19 m = 6289.91 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 24.71 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.69 mb = 2459.08 m = 8067.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2588.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.47 mb = 2086.88 m = 6846.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.47 mb = 4179.05 m = 13710.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.47 mb = 12679.16 m = 41597.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2587.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.47 mb = 16227.97 m = 53240.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 238.5 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): -148.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 292.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.45 Bulk Rich Number: 19.27 Bulk Shear: 134.34 m/s