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: 45.72,-100.83 Latitude: 45.72 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 1 950 481 SFC 936 615 33.2 19.6 45 13.5 23.3 111 12 312.2 315.1 298.7 360.0 15.55 3 900 967 30.1 17.7 48 12.4 21.2 121 22 312.5 315.3 298.0 356.6 14.33 4 850 1475 25.6 16.2 56 9.4 19.0 136 23 313.0 315.6 297.8 355.6 13.80 5 800 2005 21.4 14.3 64 7.1 16.5 157 23 313.9 316.4 297.4 353.8 12.88 6 750 2563 20.4 1.5 28 19.0 9.5 197 22 318.8 319.9 293.6 337.0 5.68 7 700 3155 17.2 -10.1 14 27.3 4.4 239 15 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.1 2.54 8 650 3780 11.7 -9.7 21 21.4 1.7 236 18 322.1 322.7 292.1 331.5 2.81 9 600 4441 5.4 -9.8 33 15.1 -1.5 236 22 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.04 10 550 5143 -1.2 -10.6 49 9.4 -5.3 238 27 322.6 323.2 292.5 332.9 3.09 11 500 5893 -8.0 -12.1 72 4.1 -9.6 237 30 323.3 323.9 292.6 333.4 3.02 12 450 6703 -14.1 -19.4 64 5.3 -15.7 251 28 325.6 325.9 292.2 331.9 1.83 13 400 7585 -20.9 -23.5 79 2.6 -21.5 257 34 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.44 14 350 8558 -27.8 -30.4 79 2.6 -28.3 263 38 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.87 15 300 9647 -36.3 -38.7 78 2.4 -36.5 258 40 334.2 334.3 293.3 336.0 0.45 16 250 10883 -46.3 -53.6 43 7.3 -46.6 267 31 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12330 -56.2 -60.4 59 4.2 -56.3 271 45 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14143 -58.5 -77.8 7 19.2 -58.7 252 51 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -60.8 -84.4 3 23.7 -61.0 268 20 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.06 m Freezing level: 559.26 mb = 5012.80 m = 16446.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.76 mb = 4119.85 m = 13516.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.91 % Est. max temperature: 36.17 C = 97.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.01 mb = 2335.32 m = 7661.73 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 29.95 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.94 mb = 3638.85 m = 11938.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.84 C = 109.11 F Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.85 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 22.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3079.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 268.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.58 mb = 2556.21 m = 8386.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.58 mb = 4228.83 m = 13873.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.58 mb = 13520.21 m = 44357.10 ft B at Equ Level: 3039.64 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: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 232.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.48 Bulk Rich Number: 24.66 Bulk Shear: 124.89 m/s