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: 45.39,-99.13 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -99.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 950 496 32.7 21.6 52 11.1 24.5 125 10 310.3 313.6 299.4 363.3 17.36 2 950 500 32.8 21.2 50 11.7 24.2 127 12 310.5 313.7 299.1 362.1 16.88 3 900 985 28.4 19.2 58 9.1 21.8 136 18 310.8 313.7 298.5 359.0 15.78 4 850 1490 23.7 18.0 70 5.7 19.6 148 19 311.0 313.9 298.4 358.3 15.47 5 800 2018 19.8 15.8 77 4.0 17.0 177 19 312.3 315.0 297.9 356.1 14.25 6 750 2575 20.8 1.7 28 19.1 9.7 199 22 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.7 5.79 7 700 3168 17.2 -10.0 15 27.2 4.4 222 20 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.1 2.55 8 650 3792 11.6 -13.1 16 24.8 0.8 234 20 322.1 322.6 291.5 329.4 2.14 9 600 4453 5.6 -14.7 22 20.2 -2.7 245 23 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.5 2.04 10 550 5156 -1.1 -15.6 32 14.5 -6.7 247 26 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.8 2.06 11 500 5906 -8.1 -15.1 57 7.0 -10.6 245 27 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.2 2.37 12 450 6713 -14.6 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.2 254 31 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.43 13 400 7596 -20.3 -26.4 58 6.0 -21.8 267 34 328.6 328.8 292.4 332.6 1.11 14 350 8570 -27.5 -32.1 65 4.5 -28.3 262 38 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.4 0.74 15 300 9660 -36.0 -37.0 91 1.0 -36.1 274 34 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.53 16 250 10896 -46.6 -53.7 44 7.2 -46.9 270 42 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 17 200 12347 -55.1 -62.7 38 7.6 -55.3 271 53 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14161 -60.3 -77.8 8 17.5 -60.4 260 47 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -60.8 -84.4 3 23.6 -61.1 266 17 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.19 m Freezing level: 558.32 mb = 5038.63 m = 16530.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3945.57 m = 12944.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.60 mb = 1903.46 m = 6244.88 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 33.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.39 mb = 3419.51 m = 11218.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.03 C = 111.25 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: -8.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.16 C Showalter Index: -7.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 22.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 605.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3494.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.62 mb = 2119.80 m = 6954.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.62 mb = 4107.99 m = 13477.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.62 mb = 13929.06 m = 45698.45 ft B at Equ Level: 3449.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 38.33 Bulk Shear: 91.17 m/s