MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.47,-102.93 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 525 SFC 917 830 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.6 85 9 305.4 308.2 296.8 350.9 15.21 3 900 999 25.3 16.7 59 8.6 19.3 106 14 307.6 310.1 296.2 348.1 13.40 4 850 1501 23.4 13.3 53 10.1 16.6 148 16 310.7 312.8 295.6 345.4 11.34 5 800 2028 19.9 10.5 55 9.3 13.8 180 16 312.3 314.2 295.1 343.3 10.05 6 750 2581 15.8 7.4 57 8.4 10.6 215 17 313.8 315.4 294.5 340.7 8.66 7 700 3162 11.1 4.3 63 6.8 7.1 251 22 314.7 316.2 293.9 338.1 7.46 8 650 3776 5.6 1.4 74 4.2 3.3 267 29 315.3 316.6 293.3 335.9 6.54 9 600 4425 -0.0 -1.5 90 1.5 -0.8 266 38 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.3 5.73 10 550 5117 -4.8 -6.9 85 2.1 -5.8 258 44 318.3 319.2 292.2 331.8 4.15 11 500 5861 -9.7 -14.4 69 4.7 -11.4 263 47 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.7 2.52 12 450 6667 -14.3 -22.2 51 7.9 -16.6 270 47 325.3 325.6 291.8 330.3 1.43 13 400 7550 -19.9 -27.7 50 7.8 -21.7 270 43 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.98 14 350 8527 -26.4 -36.3 39 9.8 -28.0 266 41 333.1 333.2 293.0 335.0 0.49 15 300 9623 -34.1 -40.1 55 6.0 -34.8 268 37 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.39 16 250 10873 -43.6 -45.1 85 1.5 -43.7 269 31 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.3 0.27 17 200 12336 -54.7 -55.0 96 0.3 -54.7 271 22 346.2 346.2 295.9 346.6 0.11 18 150 14121 -64.1 -69.8 46 5.7 -64.1 280 37 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16663 -57.1 -84.5 2 27.4 -57.5 243 11 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.06 m Freezing level: 600.02 mb = 4424.93 m = 14517.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.76 mb = 4294.33 m = 14088.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.52 mb = 1577.57 m = 5175.69 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.39 mb = 3109.70 m = 10202.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.94 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 39.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 517.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1287.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.63 mb = 2493.84 m = 8181.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.63 mb = 3616.73 m = 11865.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.63 mb = 12250.58 m = 40191.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1287.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.63 mb = 15384.62 m = 50473.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 239.28 m/s