MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.79,-100.44 Latitude: 45.79 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 467 SFC 941 555 29.9 19.8 55 10.0 22.6 20 8 308.4 311.3 297.8 355.8 15.65 3 900 948 26.8 17.9 58 8.9 20.5 41 13 309.2 311.9 297.3 353.2 14.51 4 850 1452 24.0 16.8 64 7.3 18.9 112 11 311.3 314.0 297.7 355.0 14.28 5 800 1981 20.4 14.8 70 5.6 16.5 155 16 312.9 315.4 297.5 354.0 13.34 6 750 2535 16.7 10.8 68 6.0 12.8 183 17 314.8 316.8 296.3 348.6 10.88 7 700 3121 13.3 5.9 61 7.4 8.8 221 18 317.3 318.9 295.2 343.7 8.38 8 650 3739 8.6 -0.7 52 9.3 3.5 232 27 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.7 5.61 9 600 4396 3.8 -7.8 42 11.6 -1.6 236 37 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.1 3.53 10 550 5095 -2.2 -10.0 55 7.8 -5.5 240 44 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.3 3.26 11 500 5843 -8.5 -15.2 58 6.7 -10.9 243 48 322.7 323.1 291.9 330.6 2.35 12 450 6650 -14.4 -22.0 53 7.6 -16.6 251 50 325.1 325.4 291.7 330.2 1.46 13 400 7534 -19.5 -27.7 48 8.2 -21.4 252 48 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.2 0.99 14 350 8511 -26.8 -34.6 48 7.8 -28.1 249 45 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.58 15 300 9604 -35.3 -40.7 58 5.4 -35.8 258 44 335.7 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.37 16 250 10846 -44.9 -47.7 73 2.8 -45.0 277 39 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.21 17 200 12304 -55.3 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.3 318 44 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14089 -63.9 -67.8 59 3.9 -63.9 317 23 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.03 19 100 16633 -57.5 -84.6 2 27.1 -57.9 268 9 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.07 m Freezing level: 568.15 mb = 4841.12 m = 15882.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4183.68 m = 13725.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.23 mb = 1837.64 m = 6028.92 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2919.56 m = 9578.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.76 C = 99.97 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 41.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2561.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.51 mb = 2137.84 m = 7013.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.51 mb = 3732.90 m = 12246.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.51 mb = 13669.23 m = 44846.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2535.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 311.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 12.39 Bulk Shear: 206.76 m/s