MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 45.00,-100.76 Latitude: 45.00 Longitude: -100.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 1 950 472 SFC 936 603 31.3 19.3 49 12.1 22.6 335 17 310.3 313.2 298.0 356.6 15.18 3 900 953 25.8 18.0 62 7.8 20.3 336 21 308.1 310.8 297.1 352.1 14.58 4 850 1453 21.1 16.9 77 4.3 18.1 335 18 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.8 14.37 5 800 1976 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.3 311 11 311.7 313.8 295.6 345.3 10.93 6 750 2534 21.4 -5.3 16 26.8 7.6 246 20 319.8 320.5 292.0 331.1 3.42 7 700 3126 16.9 -8.9 16 25.8 4.5 241 26 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.5 2.79 8 650 3750 11.1 -10.5 21 21.6 1.3 235 27 321.5 322.0 291.8 330.3 2.64 9 600 4410 5.1 -13.0 26 18.1 -2.6 222 25 322.0 322.4 291.7 329.9 2.34 10 550 5111 -1.6 -12.6 43 11.0 -6.1 220 32 322.2 322.7 292.0 331.1 2.65 11 500 5860 -8.7 -13.4 69 4.7 -10.5 212 32 322.4 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.73 12 450 6665 -16.0 -19.1 77 3.0 -17.0 208 32 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.88 13 400 7543 -21.2 -34.1 30 12.9 -23.5 223 37 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.4 0.53 14 350 8515 -28.1 -41.1 28 13.0 -29.7 226 37 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.30 15 300 9600 -36.7 -43.7 48 7.0 -37.4 227 36 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10838 -45.8 -49.8 64 4.0 -46.0 228 35 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.16 17 200 12285 -57.4 -60.5 68 3.1 -57.5 243 41 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 18 150 14073 -60.4 -72.7 19 12.2 -60.6 233 31 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16619 -58.5 -84.3 2 25.8 -58.8 224 5 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.01 m Freezing level: 561.81 mb = 4945.14 m = 16224.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.59 mb = 3960.54 m = 12993.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.17 mb = 2126.66 m = 6977.15 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.37 C/km ThetaE index: 26.74 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.46 mb = 3513.98 m = 11528.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.28 C = 108.10 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: -6.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 20.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2591.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 370.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.99 mb = 2008.50 m = 6589.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.99 mb = 4382.30 m = 14377.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.99 mb = 13223.04 m = 43382.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2571.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.3 neg: -22.9 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 16.90 Bulk Shear: 153.37 m/s