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: 45.5,-101.02 Latitude: 45.50 Longitude: -101.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 517 SFC 937 644 28.1 20.2 62 8.0 22.3 115 11 307.0 310.0 297.8 355.4 16.08 3 900 998 26.8 19.5 64 7.3 21.5 132 25 309.1 312.1 298.2 357.8 16.01 4 850 1504 26.3 15.1 50 11.1 18.5 171 25 313.7 316.1 297.4 353.4 12.84 5 800 2036 22.6 12.1 51 10.5 15.5 195 22 315.2 317.4 296.6 349.9 11.12 6 750 2594 19.1 5.9 42 13.2 11.0 235 21 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.0 7.80 7 700 3182 14.6 -1.3 33 16.0 5.9 271 23 318.7 319.6 293.0 334.7 4.96 8 650 3802 9.3 -4.1 39 13.3 2.5 270 29 319.5 320.3 292.7 333.6 4.36 9 600 4459 3.4 -6.8 47 10.2 -1.5 264 34 320.0 320.7 292.4 332.5 3.82 10 550 5156 -3.0 -10.2 57 7.2 -6.1 262 38 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.20 11 500 5902 -9.1 -18.8 45 9.6 -12.3 273 38 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.9 1.74 12 450 6709 -14.3 -28.6 28 14.4 -17.7 268 35 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.2 0.80 13 400 7592 -19.6 -41.6 12 22.0 -22.9 258 36 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.25 14 350 8570 -26.5 -50.2 9 23.7 -28.8 265 39 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 15 300 9664 -35.0 -53.4 14 18.4 -36.2 262 37 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.09 16 250 10910 -44.3 -59.6 17 15.2 -44.9 262 31 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12368 -55.5 -62.8 40 7.2 -55.7 283 20 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14156 -62.3 -72.5 25 10.1 -62.4 263 27 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16679 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.0 244 10 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.07 m Freezing level: 573.48 mb = 4828.77 m = 15842.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.87 mb = 4204.83 m = 13795.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.86 % Est. max temperature: 36.77 C = 98.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.33 mb = 1666.94 m = 5468.90 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.21 mb = 3239.53 m = 10628.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.69 C = 103.44 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 629.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2775.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.11 mb = 2275.74 m = 7466.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.11 mb = 3889.70 m = 12761.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.11 mb = 13635.17 m = 44734.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2753.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 381.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.28 Bulk Rich Number: 11.37 Bulk Shear: 244.09 m/s