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: 48.10,-105.39 Latitude: 48.10 Longitude: -105.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 1 950 441 SFC 925 684 33.5 15.9 35 17.6 21.1 101 18 313.6 315.9 297.0 351.7 12.34 3 900 925 30.8 14.7 38 16.0 19.6 109 27 313.2 315.4 296.5 349.6 11.77 4 850 1434 26.5 13.6 45 13.0 17.7 126 27 314.0 316.2 296.6 349.8 11.57 5 800 1965 22.2 12.3 53 9.9 15.5 142 27 314.8 317.0 296.6 350.0 11.30 6 750 2522 17.2 10.9 66 6.3 13.0 153 26 315.2 317.4 296.5 349.5 10.99 7 700 3107 12.2 8.5 78 3.6 9.9 168 24 316.0 317.9 296.1 347.4 10.04 8 650 3724 7.9 1.4 64 6.5 4.2 196 24 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.7 6.54 9 600 4380 3.4 -10.1 36 13.5 -2.6 208 28 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.8 2.94 10 550 5077 -2.8 -14.0 42 11.3 -7.1 212 32 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.7 2.35 11 500 5823 -9.4 -16.1 58 6.7 -11.8 219 39 321.5 322.0 291.4 328.9 2.17 12 450 6627 -15.8 -22.1 58 6.3 -17.6 224 45 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.4 1.44 13 400 7505 -20.8 -27.4 55 6.6 -22.3 231 53 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.6 1.01 14 350 8481 -27.3 -34.0 53 6.6 -28.4 233 59 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.2 0.62 15 300 9570 -36.1 -43.6 46 7.5 -36.8 241 60 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.27 16 250 10806 -46.9 -52.4 54 5.4 -47.2 243 73 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12246 -57.4 -60.1 71 2.7 -57.5 229 61 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 18 150 14050 -57.9 -74.8 10 16.8 -58.2 247 40 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16621 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 237 29 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.47 m Freezing level: 572.58 mb = 4762.26 m = 15624.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.82 mb = 4126.83 m = 13539.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.01 % Est. max temperature: 34.90 C = 94.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.87 mb = 2905.38 m = 9531.97 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3374.05 m = 11069.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 45.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2194.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.53 mb = 3016.52 m = 9896.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.53 mb = 3819.00 m = 12529.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.53 mb = 12818.99 m = 42056.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2183.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.53 mb = 15872.40 m = 52074.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 218.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.93 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 161.19 m/s