MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.79,-101.97 Latitude: 46.79 Longitude: -101.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 516 SFC 932 683 27.7 19.0 59 8.7 21.5 137 11 307.0 309.8 297.1 352.1 14.99 3 900 994 25.2 16.9 60 8.2 19.4 146 19 307.4 310.0 296.3 348.5 13.62 4 850 1494 21.2 15.3 69 5.8 17.2 173 17 308.3 310.8 296.1 347.7 12.99 5 800 2017 17.8 12.5 71 5.3 14.3 222 15 310.1 312.3 295.6 345.1 11.47 6 750 2566 13.0 9.8 81 3.2 10.9 238 19 310.6 312.6 294.8 341.9 10.19 7 700 3143 9.1 4.1 71 5.0 6.2 256 25 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.5 7.38 8 650 3752 4.6 -3.1 57 7.7 0.7 260 34 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.1 4.69 9 600 4400 0.8 -17.1 25 17.9 -5.7 254 43 317.1 317.4 289.6 322.7 1.67 10 550 5094 -3.0 -27.1 14 24.1 -9.7 246 30 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.2 0.75 11 500 5840 -8.8 -25.5 24 16.7 -13.3 244 27 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.96 12 450 6646 -15.1 -25.1 42 9.9 -17.7 253 32 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.11 13 400 7525 -20.9 -41.4 14 20.5 -23.8 253 38 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.25 14 350 8498 -27.8 -48.4 12 20.6 -29.9 255 42 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.14 15 300 9584 -37.4 -50.4 25 13.0 -38.3 257 42 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 16 250 10812 -48.5 -56.0 42 7.4 -48.8 263 40 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12246 -56.7 -62.5 48 5.8 -56.8 248 35 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14084 -54.4 -79.7 3 25.3 -54.8 232 21 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16660 -57.0 -84.7 2 27.6 -57.5 213 15 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.47 m Freezing level: 588.98 mb = 4552.83 m = 14936.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.34 mb = 3823.00 m = 12542.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.29 mb = 1790.41 m = 5873.97 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 29.38 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2418.67 m = 7935.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2221.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.62 mb = 2095.90 m = 6876.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.62 mb = 2704.93 m = 8874.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.62 mb = 12654.30 m = 41516.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2202.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.62 mb = 15629.11 m = 51275.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.10 Bulk Rich Number: 15.54 Bulk Shear: 142.95 m/s