MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.39,-100.91 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 461 SFC 933 626 29.2 20.2 58 9.0 22.6 108 15 308.4 311.5 298.2 357.4 16.17 3 900 943 29.2 18.7 53 10.5 21.6 121 34 311.6 314.5 298.4 358.3 15.22 4 850 1453 28.5 14.1 41 14.4 18.6 153 38 316.0 318.3 297.4 353.6 12.02 5 800 1990 26.3 8.6 33 17.7 14.8 170 31 319.2 320.9 296.0 347.1 8.79 6 750 2555 22.5 2.0 26 20.5 10.4 182 24 321.0 322.2 294.3 340.0 5.90 7 700 3149 17.9 -5.4 20 23.4 5.8 209 16 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.64 8 650 3775 12.1 -6.4 27 18.5 2.8 224 19 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.7 3.65 9 600 4438 6.0 -6.8 39 12.8 -0.3 241 26 323.0 323.8 293.2 335.7 3.83 10 550 5142 -0.7 -8.1 57 7.4 -4.1 248 33 323.3 324.0 293.3 335.8 3.78 11 500 5894 -7.5 -10.4 80 2.9 -8.8 248 37 323.9 324.6 293.2 335.4 3.46 12 450 6705 -13.3 -22.2 47 8.9 -15.9 257 33 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.5 1.43 13 400 7591 -19.5 -28.9 43 9.5 -21.6 257 30 329.7 329.9 292.5 332.9 0.88 14 350 8568 -26.8 -43.8 19 16.9 -28.9 263 37 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.23 15 300 9662 -34.9 -48.8 23 13.9 -36.1 268 30 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 16 250 10905 -45.6 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.8 268 30 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12351 -57.3 -60.1 70 2.9 -57.3 269 39 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.06 18 150 14152 -58.8 -76.6 8 17.8 -59.0 256 54 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16668 -60.8 -84.5 3 23.7 -61.1 285 15 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.64 m Freezing level: 555.11 mb = 5069.90 m = 16633.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.40 mb = 4377.39 m = 14361.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.88 % Est. max temperature: 40.33 C = 104.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.50 mb = 1787.27 m = 5863.69 ft T: 27.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.91 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.88 mb = 3763.78 m = 12348.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.13 C = 109.64 F Cap Strength: 7.46 C Lifted Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.77 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 605.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2778.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 455.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.77 mb = 2661.22 m = 8730.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.77 mb = 4358.59 m = 14299.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.77 mb = 13526.27 m = 44376.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2741.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 427.8 neg: -26.9 tot: 400.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.36 Bulk Rich Number: 12.63 Bulk Shear: 219.97 m/s