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: 45.48,-101.07 Latitude: 45.48 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 459 SFC 930 650 29.1 20.0 58 9.1 22.5 106 16 308.6 311.6 298.2 357.3 16.06 3 900 941 29.1 18.7 53 10.4 21.6 117 34 311.5 314.4 298.4 358.2 15.23 4 850 1450 28.4 14.4 42 14.0 18.7 150 39 315.9 318.2 297.5 353.9 12.19 5 800 1987 26.2 8.7 33 17.5 14.8 167 32 319.1 320.8 296.0 347.3 8.86 6 750 2552 22.5 1.8 26 20.6 10.3 179 24 321.0 322.1 294.3 339.8 5.82 7 700 3146 17.9 -5.3 20 23.2 5.9 207 16 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.69 8 650 3773 12.1 -6.3 27 18.4 2.9 221 19 322.6 323.4 293.0 334.8 3.67 9 600 4435 6.0 -6.6 40 12.6 -0.2 239 27 323.1 323.8 293.3 335.9 3.89 10 550 5139 -0.6 -8.2 56 7.6 -4.1 246 33 323.3 324.1 293.3 335.7 3.74 11 500 5891 -7.6 -10.2 81 2.6 -8.7 244 38 323.8 324.4 293.2 335.4 3.51 12 450 6702 -13.3 -22.0 48 8.7 -15.9 256 34 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.7 1.46 13 400 7588 -19.5 -29.2 42 9.8 -21.6 256 31 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.8 0.85 14 350 8566 -26.7 -45.9 15 19.2 -28.9 263 37 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.5 0.18 15 300 9660 -34.9 -47.4 27 12.4 -36.0 267 30 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.18 16 250 10902 -45.6 -48.2 75 2.6 -45.7 266 30 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.19 17 200 12349 -57.3 -60.2 69 3.0 -57.3 268 40 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.06 18 150 14150 -58.7 -76.2 9 17.5 -58.9 256 54 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16667 -60.9 -84.5 3 23.6 -61.2 284 16 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5875.21 m Freezing level: 554.75 mb = 5072.38 m = 16641.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.56 mb = 4399.93 m = 14435.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.09 % Est. max temperature: 40.13 C = 104.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.36 mb = 1818.89 m = 5967.42 ft T: 26.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.29 C/km ThetaE index: 23.70 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.29 mb = 3768.70 m = 12364.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.85 C = 109.12 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.75 C Showalter Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 27.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 616.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2748.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 445.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.68 mb = 2682.94 m = 8802.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.68 mb = 4384.53 m = 14384.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.68 mb = 13603.44 m = 44630.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2696.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 450.4 neg: -32.5 tot: 418.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.64 Bulk Rich Number: 11.90 Bulk Shear: 231.04 m/s