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: 46.06,-101.54 Latitude: 46.06 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 456 SFC 927 676 28.4 19.9 60 8.5 22.2 115 16 308.2 311.2 298.0 356.4 15.94 3 900 936 27.5 19.1 60 8.4 21.5 119 32 309.8 312.8 298.2 357.6 15.68 4 850 1443 26.8 15.8 51 11.0 19.0 145 38 314.2 316.7 297.8 355.6 13.36 5 800 1978 25.4 9.4 36 15.9 15.0 166 34 318.2 320.0 296.1 347.7 9.32 6 750 2542 22.3 -2.1 19 24.4 8.9 174 24 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.0 4.36 7 700 3135 17.5 -4.9 21 22.4 5.9 191 20 321.9 322.7 292.9 334.4 3.81 8 650 3761 11.9 -5.6 29 17.5 3.0 208 24 322.4 323.1 293.1 335.1 3.86 9 600 4423 5.8 -6.3 41 12.1 -0.2 223 29 322.8 323.6 293.3 335.9 3.97 10 550 5127 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.1 -4.1 235 33 323.0 323.8 293.2 335.7 3.83 11 500 5878 -7.9 -9.7 87 1.8 -8.7 239 37 323.4 324.1 293.2 335.6 3.67 12 450 6688 -13.7 -21.9 50 8.3 -16.1 246 34 326.1 326.4 292.0 331.2 1.47 13 400 7574 -19.5 -32.6 30 13.1 -22.1 258 33 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.9 0.62 14 350 8553 -26.0 -38.6 30 12.5 -27.9 264 35 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 15 300 9648 -34.9 -40.9 54 6.0 -35.6 270 34 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.36 16 250 10892 -45.3 -52.2 46 6.9 -45.7 267 36 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.12 17 200 12339 -57.4 -60.7 66 3.3 -57.5 265 48 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14137 -59.4 -73.6 14 14.2 -59.6 263 47 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16656 -61.4 -84.4 3 23.0 -61.6 279 19 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.42 m Freezing level: 556.58 mb = 5034.02 m = 16515.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.47 mb = 4389.18 m = 14400.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.37 % Est. max temperature: 39.37 C = 102.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.67 mb = 1774.24 m = 5820.93 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.16 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.59 mb = 3649.94 m = 11974.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.23 C = 108.01 F Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lifted Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.36 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 28.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 637.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2783.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 432.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.90 mb = 2449.97 m = 8037.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.90 mb = 4383.16 m = 14380.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.90 mb = 13621.05 m = 44687.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2738.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.8 neg: -38.6 tot: 364.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.73 Bulk Rich Number: 14.48 Bulk Shear: 192.28 m/s