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: 46.32,-102.16 Latitude: 46.32 Longitude: -102.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 447 SFC 918 748 27.8 19.3 60 8.5 21.6 115 16 308.4 311.3 297.8 355.3 15.50 3 900 925 27.5 18.8 59 8.7 21.2 117 30 309.9 312.8 298.0 356.6 15.34 4 850 1430 26.0 16.2 55 9.8 19.1 139 41 313.4 316.0 297.9 355.9 13.77 5 800 1964 25.3 7.9 33 17.4 14.1 162 36 318.1 319.7 295.4 344.6 8.37 6 750 2528 22.4 -3.1 18 25.6 8.6 173 27 320.9 321.7 292.9 334.2 4.05 7 700 3121 17.5 -3.4 24 20.9 6.3 188 27 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.8 4.25 8 650 3747 12.0 -4.4 32 16.4 3.5 209 28 322.5 323.3 293.4 336.4 4.24 9 600 4410 5.8 -6.6 40 12.4 -0.3 220 32 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.7 3.88 10 550 5113 -0.8 -8.8 55 8.0 -4.4 226 37 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.9 3.57 11 500 5865 -7.6 -11.9 71 4.3 -9.4 228 42 323.8 324.4 292.8 334.1 3.08 12 450 6676 -12.9 -23.6 40 10.8 -15.9 241 32 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.5 1.26 13 400 7564 -18.6 -31.6 31 13.0 -21.3 256 34 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.68 14 350 8547 -25.6 -36.4 36 10.8 -27.3 268 37 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.49 15 300 9643 -34.7 -45.0 34 10.3 -35.7 270 40 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.23 16 250 10886 -45.8 -55.4 33 9.7 -46.2 274 47 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 17 200 12332 -57.3 -61.6 58 4.3 -57.4 266 55 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14125 -59.8 -73.0 16 13.2 -60.0 263 44 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16645 -62.2 -84.3 4 22.1 -62.4 257 20 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.71 m Freezing level: 556.30 mb = 5024.69 m = 16485.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4359.62 m = 14303.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.52 % Est. max temperature: 39.01 C = 102.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.15 mb = 1842.39 m = 6044.50 ft T: 25.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.14 C/km ThetaE index: 22.41 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.15 mb = 3719.44 m = 12202.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.54 C = 106.78 F Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.65 C Showalter Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 635.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2504.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 438.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.23 mb = 2536.43 m = 8321.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.23 mb = 4487.83 m = 14723.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.23 mb = 13559.76 m = 44486.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2458.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.4 neg: -17.2 tot: 432.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.58 Bulk Rich Number: 12.18 Bulk Shear: 205.63 m/s