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: 46.00,-102.11 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -102.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 1 950 447 SFC 917 763 27.9 19.3 59 8.6 21.7 113 17 308.6 311.6 297.8 355.7 15.53 3 900 925 27.8 18.8 58 9.0 21.3 115 31 310.2 313.1 298.1 357.0 15.33 4 850 1433 27.7 14.8 45 12.9 18.7 140 41 315.1 317.5 297.5 354.2 12.56 5 800 1969 26.4 6.4 28 20.0 13.8 159 35 319.3 320.7 295.1 343.3 7.55 6 750 2534 22.9 -3.1 17 26.0 8.8 170 24 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.7 4.05 7 700 3128 17.8 -3.6 23 21.4 6.3 189 26 322.2 323.0 293.3 335.9 4.17 8 650 3755 12.3 -4.7 30 17.0 3.5 217 28 322.9 323.7 293.4 336.6 4.15 9 600 4418 6.1 -7.1 38 13.1 -0.3 227 31 323.1 323.9 293.2 335.6 3.75 10 550 5122 -0.7 -8.7 54 8.0 -4.4 233 36 323.2 324.0 293.1 335.2 3.59 11 500 5873 -7.5 -10.9 77 3.4 -8.9 233 42 323.9 324.6 293.1 335.1 3.34 12 450 6684 -13.2 -23.1 43 10.0 -16.0 244 32 326.7 326.9 292.1 331.3 1.32 13 400 7572 -19.0 -35.1 23 16.2 -22.0 259 30 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.48 14 350 8552 -26.0 -32.8 53 6.8 -27.2 266 34 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.2 0.69 15 300 9647 -35.1 -39.1 67 4.0 -35.5 273 31 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.43 16 250 10890 -45.5 -53.0 42 7.5 -45.9 263 46 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 17 200 12335 -57.4 -61.0 63 3.6 -57.5 263 54 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14138 -58.7 -74.5 11 15.8 -58.9 265 43 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16655 -62.5 -84.3 4 21.8 -62.7 268 24 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.85 m Freezing level: 555.22 mb = 5048.22 m = 16562.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4367.52 m = 14328.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.77 % Est. max temperature: 39.67 C = 103.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.74 mb = 1872.78 m = 6144.22 ft T: 26.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 22.24 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.94 mb = 3883.78 m = 12741.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.85 C = 107.33 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.16 C Showalter Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 28.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 620.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2398.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 466.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.51 mb = 2795.84 m = 9172.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.51 mb = 4519.33 m = 14827.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.51 mb = 13262.01 m = 43510.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2379.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.7 neg: -33.3 tot: 430.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.25 Bulk Rich Number: 10.22 Bulk Shear: 234.74 m/s