MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 45.66,-100.97 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 568 SFC 942 640 20.0 16.3 80 3.7 17.5 126 12 298.2 300.4 292.9 334.4 12.48 3 900 1033 17.5 15.5 88 2.0 16.1 137 24 299.5 301.8 293.2 335.7 12.36 4 850 1522 16.8 13.4 80 3.4 14.6 168 11 303.8 305.9 293.8 337.8 11.43 5 800 2039 14.6 10.0 74 4.6 11.7 239 7 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.68 6 750 2582 11.6 2.1 52 9.5 6.3 280 11 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.5 5.94 7 700 3155 7.7 -4.2 43 11.9 1.9 320 15 311.0 311.7 289.9 323.6 4.00 8 650 3760 3.8 -13.1 28 16.9 -2.9 312 17 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.2 2.14 9 600 4406 0.2 -20.3 20 20.5 -6.6 318 18 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.6 1.26 10 550 5096 -4.5 -24.3 20 19.8 -10.2 320 17 318.7 318.9 289.4 322.1 0.97 11 500 5839 -9.8 -26.5 24 16.7 -14.1 312 17 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.2 0.88 12 450 6643 -15.6 -30.5 27 14.9 -18.8 312 16 323.6 323.7 290.6 326.0 0.67 13 400 7520 -21.5 -34.4 30 12.9 -23.8 314 12 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.52 14 350 8493 -27.0 -46.8 14 19.7 -29.2 319 4 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 15 300 9584 -35.8 -50.2 21 14.4 -36.9 351 8 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 16 250 10823 -46.2 -51.5 55 5.3 -46.4 293 7 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12269 -54.1 -62.1 37 7.9 -54.3 328 14 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14126 -54.0 -79.6 3 25.6 -54.4 305 20 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16681 -61.1 -84.8 3 23.7 -61.4 320 21 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.40 m Freezing level: 597.80 mb = 4436.12 m = 14554.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.40 mb = 3386.80 m = 11111.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.71 mb = 1102.81 m = 3618.09 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.38 mb = 2389.02 m = 7837.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 201.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.10 mb = 1481.22 m = 4859.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.10 mb = 4687.18 m = 15377.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.10 mb = 8511.35 m = 27924.04 ft B at Equ Level: 199.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.10 mb = 11677.67 m = 38312.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 167.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 154.70 m/s