MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.32,-100.44 Latitude: 45.32 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 31 1 950 479 SFC 942 553 34.3 19.8 43 14.5 23.7 105 12 312.7 315.7 298.8 360.8 15.60 3 900 967 30.7 17.6 46 13.1 21.3 119 21 313.2 315.9 298.1 357.2 14.24 4 850 1476 26.5 16.1 53 10.4 19.2 140 22 313.9 316.5 298.0 356.3 13.68 5 800 2008 22.4 14.0 59 8.5 16.6 164 24 315.1 317.5 297.6 354.5 12.66 6 750 2568 20.3 4.6 36 15.7 10.8 197 25 318.6 320.0 294.6 341.3 7.13 7 700 3160 17.4 -8.1 17 25.4 4.9 226 20 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.6 2.97 8 650 3785 11.8 -11.2 19 23.0 1.4 238 17 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.7 2.49 9 600 4446 5.5 -11.9 27 17.4 -2.0 239 19 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.2 2.57 10 550 5149 -1.0 -12.1 43 11.1 -5.7 239 25 322.9 323.4 292.3 332.1 2.75 11 500 5899 -8.0 -12.1 72 4.2 -9.6 238 31 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.4 3.02 12 450 6709 -13.7 -20.2 58 6.5 -15.7 256 29 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.9 1.70 13 400 7593 -20.2 -26.8 56 6.6 -21.7 260 36 328.8 329.0 292.4 332.6 1.07 14 350 8567 -27.5 -30.9 72 3.4 -28.1 265 39 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.8 0.83 15 300 9657 -36.1 -38.8 75 2.8 -36.4 262 35 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.2 0.44 16 250 10894 -46.3 -54.9 37 8.6 -46.6 264 36 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.09 17 200 12344 -55.4 -61.6 46 6.2 -55.6 267 51 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14158 -60.0 -77.8 8 17.8 -60.2 255 49 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.1 -84.4 3 23.3 -61.4 275 21 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.36 m Freezing level: 557.65 mb = 5041.05 m = 16538.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.88 mb = 4044.50 m = 13269.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.04 % Est. max temperature: 37.14 C = 98.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.48 mb = 2401.93 m = 7880.26 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.25 C/km ThetaE index: 30.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3658.96 m = 12004.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.59 C = 110.47 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: -7.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 608.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3112.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.79 mb = 2638.88 m = 8657.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.79 mb = 4191.25 m = 13750.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.79 mb = 13413.92 m = 44008.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3107.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 272.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.04 Bulk Rich Number: 24.28 Bulk Shear: 128.16 m/s