MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.63,-101.79 Latitude: 44.63 Longitude: -101.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 527 SFC 932 692 28.0 18.8 58 9.1 21.5 89 9 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.0 14.85 3 900 1007 27.9 17.9 55 10.0 20.8 107 21 310.3 313.0 297.6 354.5 14.51 4 850 1513 25.2 15.7 56 9.5 18.5 137 16 312.5 315.1 297.4 353.4 13.28 5 800 2043 21.9 11.8 53 10.1 15.1 180 16 314.5 316.6 296.3 348.4 10.93 6 750 2601 19.0 4.1 37 14.9 10.1 240 14 317.2 318.6 294.1 339.0 6.88 7 700 3188 14.4 1.0 40 13.4 6.8 259 18 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.2 5.87 8 650 3808 8.9 -1.3 48 10.3 3.4 265 24 319.1 320.1 293.4 336.3 5.34 9 600 4465 3.3 -5.1 54 8.4 -0.8 271 34 320.0 320.8 292.9 334.2 4.38 10 550 5162 -2.8 -8.9 63 6.1 -5.5 272 42 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.3 3.54 11 500 5910 -7.7 -17.3 46 9.6 -11.1 273 35 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.4 1.97 12 450 6721 -13.4 -25.2 36 11.8 -16.6 268 28 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.3 1.10 13 400 7606 -20.2 -30.6 39 10.4 -22.3 262 32 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.75 14 350 8580 -27.7 -38.7 34 11.0 -29.2 265 38 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.38 15 300 9668 -35.9 -47.7 29 11.8 -36.8 264 42 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.17 16 250 10913 -44.1 -52.9 37 8.8 -44.6 284 41 340.4 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.11 17 200 12370 -55.7 -61.0 52 5.2 -55.9 287 37 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14158 -61.7 -72.0 24 10.3 -61.9 267 33 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.02 19 100 16678 -60.3 -84.5 3 24.1 -60.6 259 11 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.74 m Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4841.44 m = 15883.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.49 mb = 4335.97 m = 14225.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.78 % Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.33 mb = 1866.66 m = 6124.14 ft T: 22.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 24.24 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3329.70 m = 10924.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.12 C = 102.42 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2441.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.43 mb = 2424.85 m = 7955.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.43 mb = 3929.93 m = 12893.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.43 mb = 13364.56 m = 43846.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2422.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 279.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.85 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 231.71 m/s