MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.61,-100.76 Latitude: 45.61 Longitude: -100.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 954 597 21.4 14.2 64 7.2 16.7 138 13 298.6 300.6 291.7 330.0 10.76 2 950 631 21.4 14.1 63 7.2 16.7 140 17 298.9 300.8 291.7 330.2 10.73 3 900 1097 17.3 13.1 76 4.2 14.6 146 27 299.3 301.2 291.7 330.2 10.56 4 850 1582 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.5 159 27 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.8 10.35 5 800 2091 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 172 22 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.1 9.76 6 750 2628 8.2 7.9 98 0.2 8.0 186 16 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.4 8.96 7 700 3197 6.6 2.2 74 4.4 4.2 199 12 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.6 6.43 8 650 3801 2.0 -1.0 81 3.0 0.4 202 11 311.2 312.3 291.2 328.3 5.48 9 600 4442 -2.7 -3.7 93 1.0 -3.2 215 12 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.3 4.85 10 550 5128 -6.0 -8.0 86 2.0 -6.9 210 7 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.3 3.82 11 500 5870 -9.9 -14.0 72 4.1 -11.4 148 5 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.7 2.60 12 450 6675 -15.4 -18.7 76 3.3 -16.4 219 6 323.9 324.2 291.9 330.5 1.94 13 400 7554 -21.2 -22.5 89 1.3 -21.5 257 8 327.4 327.7 292.5 332.9 1.56 14 350 8525 -28.2 -28.7 95 0.5 -28.3 267 12 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.4 1.02 15 300 9613 -36.4 -37.3 91 0.9 -36.5 288 25 334.1 334.2 293.3 336.1 0.52 16 250 10848 -46.9 -48.1 87 1.2 -47.0 287 35 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.20 17 200 12292 -54.4 -59.6 53 5.2 -54.5 279 39 346.6 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14140 -54.8 -77.4 4 22.6 -55.2 294 27 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 19 100 16689 -60.6 -85.0 3 24.5 -60.8 313 26 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.61 m Freezing level: 628.98 mb = 4070.80 m = 13355.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.08 mb = 3874.67 m = 12712.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.53 mb = 1507.25 m = 4945.00 ft T: 14.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.73 mb = 1886.69 m = 6189.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.25 C = 75.65 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 30.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.26 mb = 1639.10 m = 5377.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.26 mb = 4319.63 m = 14171.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.26 mb = 4856.87 m = 15934.41 ft B at Equ Level: 9.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 529.26 mb = 5427.33 m = 17805.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 207.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 20.92 m/s