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: 46.93,-100.22 Latitude: 46.93 Longitude: -100.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 514 SFC 943 576 29.4 16.7 47 12.6 20.6 127 13 307.6 310.0 295.8 346.2 12.79 3 900 993 25.5 14.5 50 11.0 18.1 135 23 307.8 310.0 295.0 342.9 11.60 4 850 1492 20.9 13.3 62 7.5 15.8 145 23 308.0 310.2 294.9 342.5 11.40 5 800 2013 16.2 12.3 78 3.9 13.6 160 21 308.4 310.5 295.0 342.7 11.31 6 750 2559 12.1 10.7 91 1.4 11.2 178 22 309.7 311.7 295.0 342.7 10.82 7 700 3137 10.0 7.4 84 2.6 8.4 191 23 313.5 315.3 294.9 342.3 9.27 8 650 3752 8.4 -3.5 43 11.9 2.2 212 22 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.53 9 600 4407 3.7 -12.6 29 16.3 -3.1 226 23 320.4 320.8 291.3 328.4 2.42 10 550 5106 -2.0 -18.0 28 16.0 -7.7 223 27 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.4 1.68 11 500 5854 -8.6 -20.8 36 12.3 -12.4 217 30 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.6 1.45 12 450 6659 -15.8 -23.4 52 7.6 -17.9 222 34 323.4 323.6 291.1 327.8 1.29 13 400 7534 -22.8 -28.1 62 5.3 -23.9 232 35 325.4 325.6 291.4 328.8 0.95 14 350 8499 -30.2 -37.8 47 7.6 -31.2 246 29 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.42 15 300 9575 -39.1 -44.9 54 5.8 -39.5 243 32 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.23 16 250 10799 -48.3 -53.4 56 5.0 -48.5 254 41 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 17 200 12242 -54.5 -61.5 41 7.1 -54.6 235 39 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14099 -52.6 -79.3 3 26.7 -53.1 235 31 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16682 -57.7 -84.9 2 27.2 -58.1 209 6 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.50 m Freezing level: 567.88 mb = 4856.17 m = 15932.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4018.66 m = 13184.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.11 mb = 2172.32 m = 7126.96 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.27 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2625.02 m = 8612.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1414.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.19 mb = 2356.68 m = 7731.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.19 mb = 4915.80 m = 16127.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.19 mb = 11829.30 m = 38809.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1414.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.19 mb = 14395.59 m = 47229.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 19.54 Bulk Shear: 72.42 m/s