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: 45.59,-99.73 Latitude: 45.59 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 531 SFC 945 581 25.8 21.6 78 4.2 22.8 126 11 303.8 307.1 297.8 355.8 17.45 3 900 1009 25.5 20.0 71 5.5 21.5 154 26 307.8 310.9 298.2 357.7 16.53 4 850 1512 23.7 17.0 66 6.7 19.0 188 23 311.0 313.7 297.8 355.4 14.52 5 800 2041 21.6 13.2 59 8.4 15.9 224 25 314.2 316.5 297.0 351.5 12.02 6 750 2598 19.0 1.3 30 17.7 8.9 244 19 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.1 5.61 7 700 3186 14.6 -2.7 30 17.3 5.4 259 21 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.1 4.47 8 650 3806 9.3 -5.1 36 14.4 2.1 260 27 319.5 320.2 292.4 332.6 4.03 9 600 4462 3.4 -7.5 45 10.9 -1.7 256 32 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.9 3.63 10 550 5160 -2.9 -11.0 54 8.1 -6.3 257 36 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.6 3.00 11 500 5906 -8.6 -20.3 38 11.7 -12.3 259 32 322.6 322.9 291.1 327.8 1.52 12 450 6714 -14.0 -28.8 27 14.8 -17.6 256 29 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.4 0.79 13 400 7597 -20.3 -37.4 20 17.1 -23.1 252 33 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.39 14 350 8571 -27.5 -45.2 17 17.6 -29.5 262 38 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.4 0.19 15 300 9661 -35.6 -51.1 19 15.6 -36.7 270 42 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.12 16 250 10906 -44.4 -51.2 47 6.8 -44.8 282 39 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.14 17 200 12364 -55.5 -55.9 95 0.4 -55.5 287 30 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14154 -62.9 -72.1 28 9.2 -63.0 263 33 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16684 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 211 10 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.54 m Freezing level: 573.12 mb = 4837.30 m = 15870.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.39 mb = 4161.85 m = 13654.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.12 % Est. max temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.93 mb = 1117.91 m = 3667.65 ft T: 25.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 29.94 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.36 mb = 3013.06 m = 9885.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.93 C = 103.87 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 603.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3038.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.51 mb = 1788.16 m = 5866.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.51 mb = 3824.82 m = 12548.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.51 mb = 13811.01 m = 45311.15 ft B at Equ Level: 3015.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.8 neg: -5.6 tot: 311.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.81 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 161.97 m/s