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: 45.55,-100.34 Latitude: 45.55 Longitude: -100.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 485 SFC 942 556 33.3 20.2 46 13.1 23.7 106 12 311.7 314.7 298.8 360.8 16.01 3 900 971 29.8 18.2 50 11.6 21.5 120 21 312.2 315.0 298.2 357.6 14.76 4 850 1479 25.4 16.8 59 8.6 19.3 140 22 312.8 315.5 298.1 356.9 14.30 5 800 2009 21.3 14.7 66 6.6 16.7 162 24 313.8 316.4 297.7 354.9 13.29 6 750 2567 20.1 3.1 32 17.0 10.0 197 24 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.7 6.37 7 700 3159 17.5 -11.2 13 28.6 4.2 229 19 321.8 322.3 291.6 329.6 2.32 8 650 3784 11.7 -10.8 20 22.5 1.4 241 16 322.2 322.7 291.9 330.9 2.58 9 600 4445 5.4 -11.0 29 16.5 -1.9 239 19 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.75 10 550 5147 -1.1 -12.0 43 10.9 -5.7 241 26 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.0 2.77 11 500 5898 -8.1 -12.5 70 4.5 -9.9 238 32 323.2 323.8 292.5 333.0 2.92 12 450 6706 -14.0 -19.3 64 5.3 -15.7 254 27 325.7 326.0 292.3 332.0 1.85 13 400 7590 -20.5 -25.3 65 4.8 -21.7 259 33 328.3 328.6 292.4 332.7 1.22 14 350 8563 -27.7 -29.0 89 1.3 -27.9 266 38 331.4 331.6 293.0 335.0 1.00 15 300 9652 -36.1 -37.3 89 1.2 -36.3 261 35 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.52 16 250 10889 -46.4 -54.1 41 7.7 -46.7 266 34 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 17 200 12337 -55.5 -61.0 51 5.4 -55.6 270 47 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14152 -59.6 -77.8 8 18.2 -59.8 254 50 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -61.3 -84.4 3 23.1 -61.6 270 22 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.85 m Freezing level: 558.64 mb = 5025.82 m = 16488.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.27 mb = 4064.67 m = 13335.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.39 % Est. max temperature: 36.06 C = 96.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.30 mb = 2224.67 m = 7298.71 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km ThetaE index: 31.19 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.82 mb = 3580.98 m = 11748.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.55 C = 110.39 F Cap Strength: 4.94 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.79 C Showalter Index: -7.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 21.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 614.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3237.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.93 mb = 2441.86 m = 8011.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.93 mb = 4228.53 m = 13872.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.93 mb = 13515.64 m = 44342.10 ft B at Equ Level: 3219.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 266.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.15 Bulk Rich Number: 26.20 Bulk Shear: 123.57 m/s