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: 46.20,-101.93 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 449 SFC 921 728 27.9 19.5 60 8.5 21.8 114 17 308.3 311.3 297.8 355.7 15.67 3 900 928 27.5 18.9 60 8.6 21.3 117 32 309.9 312.8 298.1 357.1 15.49 4 850 1434 26.5 15.9 52 10.5 19.1 140 41 313.9 316.5 297.8 355.7 13.52 5 800 1968 25.6 7.9 32 17.7 14.3 163 35 318.4 320.0 295.5 345.0 8.37 6 750 2532 22.6 -3.9 17 26.5 8.5 172 25 321.2 321.9 292.7 333.7 3.83 7 700 3126 17.6 -4.1 22 21.7 6.1 188 25 322.0 322.8 293.1 335.2 4.02 8 650 3752 12.1 -4.8 30 16.9 3.4 214 26 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.2 4.12 9 600 4415 5.9 -6.7 40 12.6 -0.3 224 31 322.9 323.7 293.2 335.7 3.87 10 550 5119 -0.8 -8.5 56 7.6 -4.3 231 36 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.3 3.67 11 500 5870 -7.6 -11.1 76 3.5 -9.1 233 42 323.8 324.4 293.0 334.7 3.28 12 450 6681 -13.1 -22.6 45 9.5 -15.9 243 32 326.7 327.0 292.2 331.6 1.39 13 400 7568 -18.9 -33.7 26 14.8 -21.8 257 33 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.56 14 350 8550 -25.8 -34.5 44 8.7 -27.3 267 36 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.2 0.59 15 300 9646 -34.8 -41.7 50 6.9 -35.5 272 36 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.6 0.33 16 250 10889 -45.6 -54.1 38 8.5 -46.0 270 45 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12335 -57.3 -61.3 60 4.0 -57.4 265 53 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14131 -59.5 -73.3 15 13.8 -59.6 264 44 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16650 -62.1 -84.3 4 22.3 -62.3 265 21 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.89 m Freezing level: 556.25 mb = 5030.67 m = 16504.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.76 mb = 4363.20 m = 14314.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.47 % Est. max temperature: 39.38 C = 102.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.97 mb = 1815.82 m = 5957.35 ft T: 25.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.30 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.86 mb = 3728.25 m = 12231.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.89 C = 107.41 F Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.63 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 634.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2585.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 448.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.32 mb = 2540.12 m = 8333.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.32 mb = 4355.58 m = 14289.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.32 mb = 13562.06 m = 44494.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2539.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.6 neg: -32.1 tot: 417.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.73 Bulk Rich Number: 11.85 Bulk Shear: 218.20 m/s