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: 44.10,-99.33 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 952 515 26.6 21.6 74 5.1 22.9 115 10 304.0 307.2 297.8 355.4 17.26 2 950 531 26.8 21.2 72 5.6 22.8 117 12 304.4 307.5 297.7 354.9 16.93 3 900 1009 25.1 18.8 68 6.3 20.6 152 25 307.4 310.2 297.4 353.7 15.36 4 850 1511 23.2 16.8 67 6.4 18.7 191 23 310.4 313.1 297.5 354.0 14.29 5 800 2038 19.4 14.8 75 4.6 16.3 211 23 311.8 314.4 297.3 352.8 13.36 6 750 2590 14.4 13.5 95 0.9 13.8 216 24 312.2 314.7 297.1 352.4 13.09 7 700 3172 12.7 1.7 47 11.0 6.5 246 20 316.6 317.8 293.4 336.2 6.20 8 650 3791 9.8 -11.8 20 21.6 0.3 284 21 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.0 2.38 9 600 4449 4.5 -16.9 19 21.4 -3.7 267 29 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.1 1.70 10 550 5149 -1.7 -19.8 24 18.1 -7.9 255 30 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.44 11 500 5897 -8.4 -22.6 31 14.2 -12.6 263 30 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.1 1.24 12 450 6703 -15.4 -23.1 52 7.7 -17.5 268 28 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.32 13 400 7580 -22.2 -29.0 54 6.8 -23.6 269 31 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.2 0.87 14 350 8549 -28.9 -35.0 55 6.1 -29.8 279 44 329.8 330.0 292.2 331.9 0.56 15 300 9631 -37.4 -45.0 45 7.6 -38.0 286 47 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.23 16 250 10864 -47.3 -53.7 48 6.4 -47.6 292 52 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 17 200 12308 -54.6 -62.1 39 7.5 -54.8 286 45 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14146 -56.0 -78.1 5 22.1 -56.3 241 26 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.01 19 100 16701 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 198 14 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.52 m Freezing level: 563.81 mb = 4955.27 m = 16257.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.74 mb = 3844.97 m = 12614.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 34.25 C = 93.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.28 mb = 1163.71 m = 3817.91 ft T: 24.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 27.01 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.09 mb = 2352.73 m = 7718.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -6.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2843.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.00 mb = 1780.79 m = 5842.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.00 mb = 4060.71 m = 13322.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.00 mb = 13016.61 m = 42704.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2814.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.35 Bulk Rich Number: 18.94 Bulk Shear: 150.07 m/s