MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.00,-101.39 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -101.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 534 SFC 936 667 31.8 12.8 31 19.0 19.1 159 9 310.8 312.7 294.6 341.3 9.95 3 900 1017 28.7 9.8 31 19.0 16.6 157 17 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.2 8.47 4 850 1521 23.9 8.5 37 15.5 14.2 154 19 311.2 312.8 293.4 336.6 8.21 5 800 2046 18.9 7.5 47 11.4 11.9 154 20 311.3 312.9 293.4 336.5 8.15 6 750 2595 14.2 5.3 55 8.9 8.9 165 20 312.0 313.4 293.1 335.1 7.45 7 700 3176 11.3 2.6 55 8.8 6.3 196 20 315.0 316.3 293.3 335.8 6.60 8 650 3791 7.1 -4.5 43 11.6 1.3 236 12 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.5 4.21 9 600 4442 1.6 -9.6 43 11.3 -3.3 264 15 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.1 3.06 10 550 5136 -3.9 -12.2 53 8.2 -7.2 240 23 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.73 11 500 5880 -9.3 -16.7 55 7.4 -11.9 260 27 321.6 322.1 291.3 328.6 2.07 12 450 6689 -12.9 -22.8 43 9.8 -15.8 276 33 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.8 1.36 13 400 7576 -19.5 -29.4 41 10.0 -21.7 275 35 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.7 0.83 14 350 8551 -27.9 -33.5 59 5.6 -28.8 273 36 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.65 15 300 9638 -36.8 -42.7 55 5.9 -37.4 269 40 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.6 0.30 16 250 10876 -45.0 -47.6 75 2.6 -45.2 290 50 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.21 17 200 12332 -55.7 -56.5 91 0.8 -55.7 289 68 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.0 0.09 18 150 14124 -61.5 -71.9 24 10.4 -61.6 285 48 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.02 19 100 16671 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.7 214 11 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.17 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4645.68 m = 15241.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.77 mb = 3970.59 m = 13026.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.02 mb = 3056.05 m = 10026.29 ft T: 11.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.18 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.42 mb = 4065.27 m = 13337.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.34 C = 101.01 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.91 mb = 3356.44 m = 11011.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.91 mb = 4993.32 m = 16382.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.91 mb = 10355.93 m = 33975.73 ft B at Equ Level: 179.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.91 mb = 12016.37 m = 39423.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 96.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.86 Bulk Shear: 47.65 m/s