MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.91,-101.95 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 535 SFC 928 737 25.1 19.5 72 5.5 21.1 117 8 304.6 307.5 296.8 351.1 15.59 3 900 1011 25.1 18.3 66 6.8 20.2 136 15 307.4 310.1 297.1 352.1 14.82 4 850 1512 23.0 14.8 60 8.2 17.4 282 4 310.2 312.6 296.3 348.4 12.53 5 800 2038 18.7 11.5 63 7.2 14.0 312 12 311.1 313.1 295.3 344.0 10.75 6 750 2588 14.7 7.0 60 7.8 10.0 294 19 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.6 8.40 7 700 3169 11.5 -0.6 43 12.1 4.9 270 32 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.7 5.22 8 650 3783 7.1 -9.0 31 16.1 -0.2 274 39 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.7 2.97 9 600 4435 2.1 -15.7 25 17.8 -4.7 269 41 318.6 319.0 290.2 324.9 1.87 10 550 5130 -2.9 -22.2 21 19.2 -9.0 264 41 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.6 1.17 11 500 5877 -7.8 -26.4 21 18.7 -12.9 272 39 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.88 12 450 6688 -12.8 -28.1 26 15.3 -16.6 276 35 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.2 0.84 13 400 7575 -19.9 -32.3 32 12.5 -22.4 273 31 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.5 0.63 14 350 8548 -28.1 -39.4 33 11.3 -29.6 271 32 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.36 15 300 9635 -36.6 -50.4 23 13.8 -37.6 270 27 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 16 250 10869 -47.1 -54.4 43 7.3 -47.4 268 28 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12312 -56.0 -61.8 48 5.8 -56.2 268 37 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.05 18 150 14135 -56.5 -77.1 6 20.5 -56.8 246 21 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.0 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.3 211 19 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.52 m Freezing level: 579.00 mb = 4726.61 m = 15507.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3756.42 m = 12324.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.88 mb = 1441.71 m = 4729.95 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 27.41 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2714.18 m = 8904.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2089.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.58 mb = 2149.68 m = 7052.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.58 mb = 3599.12 m = 11808.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.58 mb = 12820.62 m = 42061.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2069.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.58 mb = 15826.79 m = 51924.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.5 neg: -42.9 tot: 122.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.74 Bulk Rich Number: 10.72 Bulk Shear: 194.98 m/s