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: 45.45,-100.36 Latitude: 45.45 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 483 SFC 942 556 33.6 20.1 45 13.5 23.7 105 12 312.0 315.0 298.9 360.9 15.89 3 900 970 30.1 18.0 48 12.1 21.5 119 21 312.6 315.4 298.2 357.5 14.59 4 850 1478 25.9 16.6 56 9.3 19.3 140 22 313.2 315.9 298.0 356.7 14.08 5 800 2009 21.7 14.5 64 7.2 16.7 163 24 314.3 316.8 297.7 354.9 13.11 6 750 2567 20.2 3.4 33 16.8 10.2 197 25 318.5 319.8 294.1 339.4 6.54 7 700 3159 17.5 -10.5 14 27.9 4.4 228 19 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.1 2.46 8 650 3784 11.8 -10.9 19 22.7 1.4 239 16 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.8 2.56 9 600 4446 5.5 -11.3 29 16.8 -1.9 238 19 322.5 323.0 292.1 331.5 2.68 10 550 5148 -1.1 -12.1 43 11.0 -5.7 240 26 322.8 323.3 292.3 332.0 2.75 11 500 5898 -8.0 -12.5 70 4.5 -9.8 237 32 323.2 323.8 292.6 333.1 2.93 12 450 6708 -13.9 -19.6 62 5.7 -15.7 256 28 325.8 326.1 292.3 332.0 1.79 13 400 7591 -20.4 -25.9 61 5.5 -21.7 260 34 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.6 1.16 14 350 8565 -27.6 -29.1 87 1.5 -27.9 266 39 331.5 331.7 293.1 335.1 0.98 15 300 9654 -36.1 -37.6 86 1.5 -36.3 262 34 334.4 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.50 16 250 10891 -46.3 -54.3 40 8.0 -46.7 265 35 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.10 17 200 12340 -55.4 -61.2 48 5.8 -55.5 269 48 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14155 -59.8 -77.8 8 18.0 -60.0 255 50 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.3 -84.4 3 23.1 -61.6 273 22 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.81 m Freezing level: 558.26 mb = 5031.97 m = 16508.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.65 mb = 4060.30 m = 13321.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.71 % Est. max temperature: 36.46 C = 97.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.54 mb = 2277.62 m = 7472.41 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.31 C/km ThetaE index: 30.76 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.48 mb = 3611.31 m = 11847.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.60 C = 110.47 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 22.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 613.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3192.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.82 mb = 2511.79 m = 8240.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.82 mb = 4177.14 m = 13704.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.82 mb = 13755.01 m = 45127.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3144.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 273.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.21 Bulk Rich Number: 25.38 Bulk Shear: 125.78 m/s