MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.45,-99.02 Latitude: 45.45 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 957 475 24.8 22.2 86 2.6 22.9 132 8 301.7 305.0 297.5 354.4 17.85 2 950 539 26.1 22.0 78 4.1 23.1 138 15 303.7 306.9 298.0 356.5 17.76 3 900 1017 24.6 20.1 76 4.5 21.3 167 24 306.9 310.0 298.1 357.1 16.69 4 850 1518 22.3 17.9 76 4.4 19.2 198 21 309.5 312.4 298.0 356.2 15.37 5 800 2045 20.6 13.8 65 6.8 16.0 229 23 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.7 12.49 6 750 2602 19.2 -1.4 25 20.6 8.0 241 22 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.3 4.60 7 700 3190 15.2 -6.1 22 21.3 4.5 257 20 319.3 320.0 291.9 330.7 3.46 8 650 3811 9.7 -7.1 30 16.9 1.6 258 27 320.0 320.6 292.0 331.3 3.44 9 600 4468 3.9 -11.2 32 15.1 -2.6 250 32 320.6 321.2 291.6 329.7 2.72 10 550 5167 -2.3 -15.2 36 12.9 -7.2 249 31 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.5 2.13 11 500 5914 -8.7 -20.2 39 11.5 -12.3 253 29 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.7 1.54 12 450 6721 -14.5 -26.4 36 12.0 -17.4 255 27 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.5 0.98 13 400 7602 -20.7 -35.1 26 14.4 -23.3 257 32 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.8 0.48 14 350 8576 -27.4 -43.1 21 15.7 -29.3 267 37 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.24 15 300 9667 -35.6 -53.0 15 17.3 -36.8 276 40 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10910 -44.6 -57.9 21 13.4 -45.1 285 35 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.06 17 200 12367 -55.6 -56.3 92 0.7 -55.6 297 31 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.1 0.09 18 150 14153 -62.8 -72.4 26 9.6 -62.9 258 29 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16686 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.4 233 12 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.44 m Freezing level: 568.61 mb = 4906.94 m = 16098.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.02 mb = 4054.48 m = 13301.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.54 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.08 mb = 803.09 m = 2634.76 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 26.48 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 2992.74 m = 9818.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.59 C = 106.86 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -8.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.58 C K Index: 27.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3067.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.99 mb = 1507.99 m = 4947.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.99 mb = 3861.89 m = 12670.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.99 mb = 13909.75 m = 45635.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3036.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 251.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.72 Bulk Rich Number: 25.13 Bulk Shear: 122.07 m/s