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: 46.74,-103.74 Latitude: 46.74 Longitude: -103.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 457 SFC 911 834 32.3 17.2 41 15.1 21.5 136 18 313.7 316.3 297.9 355.9 13.64 3 900 938 31.3 16.1 40 15.2 20.6 136 24 313.8 316.3 297.4 353.8 12.92 4 850 1447 26.3 14.9 49 11.5 18.4 139 31 313.7 316.1 297.2 352.7 12.60 5 800 1978 21.3 13.6 61 7.7 16.0 143 31 313.9 316.2 297.1 352.0 12.32 6 750 2535 19.7 2.5 32 17.2 9.6 164 22 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.5 6.13 7 700 3126 16.6 -8.2 18 24.8 4.5 194 17 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.7 2.95 8 650 3749 11.1 -10.4 21 21.6 1.3 200 18 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.4 2.66 9 600 4409 4.9 -10.4 32 15.4 -1.9 212 21 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.4 2.88 10 550 5110 -1.7 -11.0 49 9.3 -5.7 215 27 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.0 2.99 11 500 5859 -8.5 -13.4 68 4.9 -10.4 224 27 322.6 323.2 292.2 331.7 2.72 12 450 6666 -14.7 -18.0 76 3.3 -15.7 235 34 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.8 2.07 13 400 7547 -20.9 -31.5 38 10.6 -23.0 244 42 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.69 14 350 8521 -27.3 -34.9 49 7.5 -28.6 243 48 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.0 0.56 15 300 9611 -36.0 -37.3 88 1.3 -36.2 246 51 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.52 16 250 10849 -46.2 -46.5 97 0.3 -46.2 259 51 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.23 17 200 12291 -58.4 -59.0 93 0.6 -58.4 252 53 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 14085 -58.0 -74.7 10 16.7 -58.2 251 49 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16643 -59.9 -84.6 3 24.7 -60.2 245 24 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.65 m Freezing level: 562.82 mb = 4930.49 m = 16175.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.24 mb = 4003.77 m = 13135.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.56 C = 96.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.89 mb = 2744.25 m = 9003.34 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.46 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.46 mb = 3781.57 m = 12406.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.92 C = 103.86 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 24.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 601.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2607.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.66 mb = 2888.54 m = 9476.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.66 mb = 4345.46 m = 14256.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.66 mb = 13135.90 m = 43096.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2594.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 224.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 33.87 Bulk Shear: 76.99 m/s