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: 45.72,-100.44 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 525 SFC 947 553 27.2 21.0 69 6.3 22.7 112 8 305.1 308.2 297.7 355.1 16.74 3 900 1005 26.6 19.4 65 7.2 21.4 148 23 308.9 311.9 298.2 357.3 15.94 4 850 1509 24.4 16.5 61 7.9 18.8 182 19 311.7 314.4 297.7 354.7 14.02 5 800 2039 21.3 13.6 61 7.7 16.0 213 20 313.9 316.2 297.1 352.0 12.33 6 750 2596 18.0 7.6 50 10.5 11.4 240 22 316.1 317.8 295.2 343.6 8.74 7 700 3182 13.6 1.3 43 12.4 6.6 258 22 317.6 318.7 293.5 336.7 6.00 8 650 3800 8.7 -3.9 41 12.6 2.2 264 26 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.1 4.41 9 600 4456 2.9 -5.9 53 8.7 -1.4 261 33 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.8 4.12 10 550 5152 -3.3 -8.9 65 5.7 -5.8 259 37 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.54 11 500 5898 -8.8 -20.6 38 11.8 -12.5 264 36 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.4 1.49 12 450 6706 -13.7 -29.5 25 15.8 -17.4 260 34 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.73 13 400 7591 -19.6 -36.9 20 17.3 -22.6 255 35 329.5 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.40 14 350 8567 -27.0 -44.1 18 17.2 -29.0 262 38 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.22 15 300 9659 -35.2 -48.0 26 12.8 -36.2 267 40 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.16 16 250 10905 -44.4 -49.8 54 5.5 -44.7 277 37 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.16 17 200 12362 -55.5 -56.4 89 0.9 -55.5 290 31 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.09 18 150 14152 -62.9 -70.4 35 7.5 -63.0 271 30 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.02 19 100 16679 -59.2 -84.4 2 25.2 -59.5 220 11 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.77 m Freezing level: 576.73 mb = 4779.79 m = 15681.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.83 mb = 4202.67 m = 13788.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.83 % Est. max temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.84 mb = 1356.75 m = 4451.24 ft T: 25.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 29.87 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.19 mb = 2928.41 m = 9607.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.92 C = 102.06 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.29 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 610.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2906.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.90 mb = 1964.03 m = 6443.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.90 mb = 3648.99 m = 11971.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.90 mb = 13677.02 m = 44871.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2891.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.17 Bulk Shear: 169.28 m/s