MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.94,-99.56 Latitude: 43.94 Longitude: -99.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 951 515 28.6 21.6 66 7.1 23.5 122 12 306.1 309.3 298.3 358.0 17.28 2 950 526 28.6 21.3 65 7.3 23.3 124 13 306.2 309.4 298.1 357.3 16.99 3 900 1005 25.7 19.1 67 6.6 21.0 154 25 308.0 310.9 297.8 355.3 15.65 4 850 1508 24.0 16.8 64 7.2 18.9 191 24 311.3 314.0 297.7 355.2 14.32 5 800 2037 20.1 14.6 71 5.4 16.3 209 23 312.5 315.0 297.3 353.2 13.20 6 750 2590 14.8 13.4 91 1.4 13.8 214 23 312.7 315.2 297.2 352.7 13.00 7 700 3172 13.2 -0.0 40 13.2 5.9 253 19 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.5 5.46 8 650 3793 10.3 -14.1 16 24.4 0.0 287 22 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.3 1.98 9 600 4451 4.7 -18.0 17 22.7 -3.8 266 28 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.55 10 550 5151 -1.6 -21.0 21 19.4 -8.1 255 29 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.30 11 500 5900 -8.3 -23.9 27 15.6 -12.8 264 29 323.0 323.2 290.8 326.9 1.11 12 450 6706 -15.2 -23.5 49 8.2 -17.5 270 26 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.28 13 400 7584 -22.3 -29.1 54 6.8 -23.7 270 29 326.0 326.1 291.5 329.0 0.86 14 350 8552 -28.8 -35.3 54 6.4 -29.8 279 44 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.54 15 300 9635 -37.4 -44.1 50 6.7 -38.0 286 48 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 16 250 10867 -47.3 -53.2 51 5.9 -47.6 290 53 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 17 200 12310 -54.6 -63.0 35 8.4 -54.8 287 50 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14150 -56.1 -77.9 5 21.9 -56.4 244 21 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16701 -60.2 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 200 13 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.68 m Freezing level: 562.66 mb = 4973.84 m = 16318.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3795.89 m = 12453.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.90 C = 94.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.75 mb = 1418.39 m = 4653.45 ft T: 24.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 31.29 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2404.88 m = 7889.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.08 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -7.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3108.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.89 mb = 1887.00 m = 6190.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.89 mb = 4064.08 m = 13333.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.89 mb = 13023.34 m = 42726.98 ft B at Equ Level: 3096.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 296.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.39 Bulk Rich Number: 21.43 Bulk Shear: 145.07 m/s