MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.05,-100.67 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 525 SFC 944 586 34.1 18.1 39 16.0 22.6 124 13 312.4 315.1 297.8 355.6 14.02 3 900 1012 29.7 16.8 46 12.8 20.6 133 18 312.1 314.6 297.4 353.6 13.51 4 850 1518 24.9 15.9 57 9.1 18.6 145 17 312.3 314.8 297.4 353.7 13.47 5 800 2047 20.3 14.7 70 5.5 16.4 162 18 312.8 315.3 297.4 353.7 13.28 6 750 2602 16.7 11.8 73 4.9 13.4 195 28 314.7 316.9 296.8 351.0 11.67 7 700 3188 14.1 -1.8 33 15.9 5.6 239 19 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.5 4.79 8 650 3808 9.6 -8.9 26 18.5 1.0 262 23 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.7 2.99 9 600 4464 4.0 -14.2 25 18.2 -3.4 252 26 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.12 10 550 5163 -2.2 -17.9 29 15.7 -7.8 250 28 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.3 1.70 11 500 5911 -8.1 -21.1 34 13.0 -12.2 264 32 323.2 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.42 12 450 6720 -13.8 -24.5 40 10.7 -16.7 270 29 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.0 1.16 13 400 7605 -19.6 -29.6 41 10.0 -21.8 275 25 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.5 0.82 14 350 8581 -27.3 -36.4 42 9.1 -28.7 276 27 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 15 300 9670 -36.6 -43.2 50 6.6 -37.2 270 30 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.28 16 250 10905 -46.3 -52.9 48 6.5 -46.7 278 38 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 17 200 12354 -55.3 -64.5 31 9.2 -55.5 292 52 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14152 -60.8 -72.8 19 12.0 -61.0 290 36 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -59.6 -84.1 3 24.5 -59.9 248 9 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.39 m Freezing level: 567.92 mb = 4912.79 m = 16117.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3954.84 m = 12975.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.07 % Est. max temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.43 mb = 2608.55 m = 8558.12 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.43 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3386.11 m = 11109.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.27 C = 104.49 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2592.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.74 mb = 2639.11 m = 8658.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.74 mb = 4041.50 m = 13259.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.74 mb = 13306.22 m = 43655.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2572.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 249.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.41 Bulk Rich Number: 19.58 Bulk Shear: 132.42 m/s