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: 43.97,-98.47 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 959 460 24.7 22.2 86 2.6 22.9 116 8 301.5 304.7 297.5 354.0 17.82 2 950 542 25.8 21.3 76 4.5 22.5 122 15 303.3 306.5 297.4 353.8 16.98 3 900 1019 24.9 18.1 66 6.8 20.1 166 22 307.2 309.9 297.0 351.5 14.71 4 850 1520 21.7 16.8 74 4.9 18.2 194 26 308.9 311.5 297.1 352.1 14.27 5 800 2044 17.9 15.1 84 2.8 16.0 214 29 310.2 312.8 297.0 351.7 13.60 6 750 2594 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 222 31 311.6 314.1 297.0 351.8 13.11 7 700 3176 13.3 1.1 43 12.2 6.4 239 22 317.2 318.3 293.3 336.0 5.92 8 650 3794 8.6 -6.2 34 14.8 1.4 261 21 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.7 3.70 9 600 4450 3.6 -12.5 30 16.2 -3.1 265 30 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.44 10 550 5149 -2.1 -15.7 34 13.7 -7.2 258 34 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.5 2.04 11 500 5897 -8.5 -19.1 42 10.6 -12.0 258 33 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.69 12 450 6703 -15.7 -22.0 58 6.4 -17.4 267 36 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.5 1.45 13 400 7579 -21.9 -25.9 70 4.0 -22.8 273 33 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.16 14 350 8549 -28.5 -33.9 60 5.4 -29.4 286 42 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.6 0.62 15 300 9633 -37.3 -41.4 65 4.1 -37.7 289 42 332.8 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.34 16 250 10865 -47.1 -50.8 66 3.7 -47.3 293 51 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.14 17 200 12315 -54.6 -58.8 60 4.2 -54.7 279 37 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.07 18 150 14151 -55.8 -78.3 4 22.5 -56.1 242 37 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 19 100 16704 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.3 -61.0 201 13 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.65 m Freezing level: 568.11 mb = 4895.69 m = 16061.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.75 mb = 3988.88 m = 13086.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.23 mb = 784.87 m = 2575.01 ft T: 25.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 23.35 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2199.32 m = 7215.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.75 C = 92.75 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2580.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.60 mb = 1657.11 m = 5436.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.60 mb = 3900.89 m = 12798.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.60 mb = 12930.67 m = 42422.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2548.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.3 neg: -9.6 tot: 350.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.69 Bulk Rich Number: 16.39 Bulk Shear: 157.50 m/s