MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 46.2,-100.2 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -100.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 1 950 459 SFC 938 574 26.9 20.4 68 6.5 22.2 100 12 305.6 308.7 297.6 354.5 16.30 3 900 939 28.3 18.7 56 9.6 21.4 123 30 310.7 313.6 298.2 357.5 15.30 4 850 1445 25.0 16.2 58 8.8 18.8 143 28 312.3 314.9 297.6 354.6 13.76 5 800 1975 21.7 13.3 58 8.5 16.0 172 26 314.3 316.6 297.0 351.7 12.05 6 750 2534 20.8 -4.3 18 25.1 7.6 192 21 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.2 3.70 7 700 3124 16.5 -10.2 15 26.7 4.0 212 20 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.1 2.51 8 650 3747 10.7 -10.1 22 20.8 1.2 225 23 321.1 321.6 291.7 330.2 2.73 9 600 4406 4.6 -9.1 36 13.7 -1.6 234 29 321.5 322.1 292.3 332.1 3.21 10 550 5107 -1.9 -9.8 54 8.0 -5.4 243 37 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.8 3.30 11 500 5855 -8.7 -14.1 65 5.4 -10.7 246 41 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.1 2.57 12 450 6663 -14.3 -23.0 48 8.7 -16.7 258 37 325.3 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.34 13 400 7547 -19.5 -29.8 40 10.3 -21.7 256 34 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.6 0.81 14 350 8525 -26.6 -42.6 21 15.9 -28.6 255 35 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.26 15 300 9618 -35.4 -43.2 45 7.7 -36.2 267 33 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.28 16 250 10859 -45.9 -50.0 63 4.2 -46.1 281 36 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.16 17 200 12307 -56.9 -57.0 99 0.1 -56.9 314 34 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.09 18 150 14095 -60.7 -71.1 24 10.3 -60.9 240 18 365.4 365.4 299.8 365.5 0.02 19 100 16637 -58.9 -84.6 2 25.7 -59.3 263 7 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.28 m Freezing level: 564.42 mb = 4904.86 m = 16091.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.82 mb = 4020.08 m = 13189.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.83 % Est. max temperature: 36.57 C = 97.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.10 mb = 1412.71 m = 4634.83 ft T: 25.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 28.39 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.66 mb = 3409.34 m = 11185.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.91 C = 107.44 F Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lifted Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 23.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 629.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2909.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 332.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.99 mb = 2183.18 m = 7162.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.99 mb = 4057.21 m = 13310.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.99 mb = 13465.65 m = 44178.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2891.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 351.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.13 Bulk Rich Number: 13.83 Bulk Shear: 210.45 m/s