MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.97,-100.09 Latitude: 44.97 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 457 SFC 936 589 28.6 19.8 59 8.8 22.3 98 12 307.6 310.5 297.7 355.0 15.72 3 900 939 30.2 17.2 46 13.0 20.9 128 29 312.6 315.3 297.7 355.1 13.81 4 850 1451 30.5 9.1 27 21.4 16.5 165 23 318.1 319.8 295.6 345.3 8.59 5 800 1989 26.1 6.0 28 20.0 13.6 174 23 318.9 320.4 294.9 342.4 7.37 6 750 2552 21.2 1.4 27 19.8 9.7 193 19 319.6 320.7 293.8 337.9 5.67 7 700 3144 17.2 -10.1 14 27.3 4.4 232 18 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.54 8 650 3768 11.4 -7.9 25 19.3 2.1 248 21 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.6 3.24 9 600 4429 5.6 -11.0 29 16.6 -1.8 243 28 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.75 10 550 5132 -1.0 -11.4 45 10.4 -5.4 245 35 322.9 323.5 292.4 332.7 2.91 11 500 5884 -6.7 -21.8 29 15.1 -11.4 252 34 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.6 1.34 12 450 6697 -12.9 -27.5 28 14.6 -16.6 246 27 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.89 13 400 7581 -20.5 -23.5 77 3.0 -21.3 249 30 328.3 328.6 292.6 333.4 1.44 14 350 8556 -27.1 -27.9 93 0.7 -27.3 263 29 332.2 332.4 293.3 336.1 1.10 15 300 9647 -36.3 -40.2 67 3.9 -36.7 254 33 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.7 0.38 16 250 10882 -46.8 -53.2 48 6.4 -47.1 252 49 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12331 -55.7 -59.4 63 3.7 -55.8 282 40 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.06 18 150 14115 -63.0 -72.8 25 9.8 -63.1 269 38 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16643 -60.1 -84.4 3 24.3 -60.4 239 10 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5871.05 m Freezing level: 557.42 mb = 5027.67 m = 16494.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.23 mb = 4115.55 m = 13502.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.81 % Est. max temperature: 40.01 C = 104.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.35 mb = 1733.76 m = 5688.11 ft T: 28.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.10 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.35 mb = 3956.45 m = 12980.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.89 C = 109.20 F Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.31 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 19.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2102.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 456.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.12 mb = 3032.46 m = 9948.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.12 mb = 4645.81 m = 15241.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.12 mb = 13190.06 m = 43273.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2085.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 314.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.95 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 185.56 m/s