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,-100.75 Latitude: 45.05 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 524 SFC 942 600 34.0 18.1 39 15.9 22.6 123 13 312.5 315.1 297.8 355.6 14.01 3 900 1011 29.8 16.7 45 13.1 20.5 132 18 312.2 314.7 297.4 353.4 13.41 4 850 1518 25.1 15.8 56 9.3 18.5 144 17 312.4 314.9 297.4 353.5 13.37 5 800 2047 20.5 14.6 69 5.9 16.4 162 19 313.0 315.5 297.4 353.5 13.14 6 750 2602 16.7 11.7 72 5.0 13.4 192 27 314.8 317.0 296.8 350.8 11.60 7 700 3188 14.2 -1.9 33 16.0 5.6 239 19 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.5 4.77 8 650 3808 9.6 -8.9 26 18.5 1.0 260 23 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.01 9 600 4464 3.9 -13.9 26 17.9 -3.3 252 25 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.0 2.17 10 550 5163 -2.3 -17.3 30 15.1 -7.7 250 28 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.79 11 500 5911 -8.1 -20.9 35 12.8 -12.2 264 32 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.44 12 450 6720 -13.8 -24.5 40 10.7 -16.7 270 29 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.0 1.17 13 400 7605 -19.6 -29.6 41 10.0 -21.8 274 25 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.82 14 350 8581 -27.4 -36.3 42 8.9 -28.7 275 27 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.49 15 300 9669 -36.6 -43.4 49 6.8 -37.2 269 30 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.27 16 250 10905 -46.3 -53.1 46 6.8 -46.6 278 38 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.11 17 200 12355 -55.2 -64.6 30 9.4 -55.4 292 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14152 -61.0 -72.7 20 11.7 -61.1 290 36 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16684 -59.6 -84.1 3 24.5 -59.9 251 9 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.77 m Freezing level: 568.18 mb = 4909.07 m = 16105.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.29 mb = 3956.81 m = 12981.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.04 % Est. max temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.93 mb = 2614.01 m = 8576.06 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 26.05 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.45 mb = 3412.33 m = 11195.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.25 C = 104.45 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2566.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.57 mb = 2663.59 m = 8738.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.57 mb = 4069.67 m = 13351.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.57 mb = 13385.81 m = 43916.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2537.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 263.7 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: 251.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 251.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 19.24 Bulk Shear: 133.40 m/s