MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.43,-100.86 Latitude: 46.43 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 511 SFC 942 589 27.4 19.0 60 8.3 21.5 120 10 305.7 308.5 296.7 350.3 14.88 3 900 988 24.1 16.9 64 7.2 19.1 134 22 306.4 308.9 296.0 347.2 13.60 4 850 1487 21.0 15.3 70 5.7 17.1 159 27 308.2 310.6 296.0 347.3 12.94 5 800 2010 18.3 13.0 71 5.3 14.8 199 22 310.7 313.0 296.0 347.0 11.88 6 750 2561 14.8 7.4 61 7.4 10.2 233 18 312.6 314.2 294.1 339.3 8.62 7 700 3141 11.0 -3.5 36 14.5 3.7 266 19 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.2 4.23 8 650 3754 6.7 -10.5 28 17.2 -0.8 269 26 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.2 2.63 9 600 4404 1.5 -17.1 24 18.5 -5.3 258 28 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.4 1.67 10 550 5098 -3.3 -24.9 17 21.6 -9.6 247 32 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.3 0.92 11 500 5844 -8.7 -30.3 16 21.6 -13.9 249 31 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.7 0.62 12 450 6650 -14.9 -26.3 37 11.4 -17.8 256 29 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 0.99 13 400 7531 -20.8 -31.0 40 10.2 -22.8 246 33 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 14 350 8503 -28.2 -34.5 55 6.3 -29.2 249 33 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.58 15 300 9588 -37.4 -43.8 51 6.4 -37.9 244 30 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.26 16 250 10818 -47.9 -54.2 48 6.3 -48.1 222 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.3 0.10 17 200 12256 -56.3 -61.3 53 5.0 -56.4 229 27 343.6 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14092 -54.8 -79.0 3 24.2 -55.1 227 17 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.01 19 100 16663 -58.6 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.0 201 13 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.33 m Freezing level: 584.71 mb = 4616.50 m = 15145.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.99 mb = 3640.47 m = 11943.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.06 mb = 1650.24 m = 5414.10 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 23.96 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.50 mb = 2702.51 m = 8866.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.63 C = 94.34 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 30.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1971.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.71 mb = 1959.68 m = 6429.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.71 mb = 3631.36 m = 11913.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.71 mb = 12592.90 m = 41314.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1954.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.71 mb = 15522.21 m = 50925.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.61 Bulk Rich Number: 12.43 Bulk Shear: 158.69 m/s