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: 44.55,-99.61 Latitude: 44.55 Longitude: -99.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 534 SFC 946 567 26.2 20.7 72 5.5 22.2 110 10 304.1 307.2 297.3 353.1 16.44 3 900 1011 24.6 18.3 68 6.3 20.1 135 21 306.8 309.6 297.0 351.5 14.86 4 850 1510 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.2 160 19 308.3 311.1 297.1 352.1 14.47 5 800 2034 18.5 15.0 80 3.4 16.1 203 18 310.9 313.4 297.1 352.4 13.57 6 750 2586 14.0 13.2 95 0.8 13.5 215 22 311.8 314.2 296.9 351.2 12.83 7 700 3167 12.4 1.7 48 10.7 6.3 260 18 316.3 317.5 293.3 335.9 6.21 8 650 3785 9.3 -10.8 23 20.0 0.4 284 23 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.0 2.59 9 600 4441 4.2 -16.4 21 20.6 -3.7 269 27 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.77 10 550 5141 -2.1 -18.8 27 16.7 -7.9 261 31 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.0 1.58 11 500 5889 -8.4 -21.0 35 12.6 -12.3 269 30 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.7 1.43 12 450 6695 -15.1 -25.0 42 9.9 -17.6 265 26 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.12 13 400 7573 -21.9 -31.9 40 9.9 -23.8 268 30 326.5 326.6 291.4 328.9 0.66 14 350 8541 -29.4 -33.4 68 4.0 -30.0 279 41 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.5 0.65 15 300 9621 -37.9 -48.1 34 10.2 -38.7 283 48 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 16 250 10852 -47.4 -54.1 46 6.6 -47.7 291 55 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12295 -54.5 -62.7 35 8.3 -54.7 286 48 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14136 -55.4 -78.5 4 23.1 -55.8 240 29 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.6 -84.1 3 24.5 -59.9 194 16 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.49 m Freezing level: 566.60 mb = 4908.51 m = 16103.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.47 mb = 3842.12 m = 12605.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.23 mb = 1274.67 m = 4181.93 ft T: 22.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 25.38 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.54 mb = 2321.74 m = 7617.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.02 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 533.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2559.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.34 mb = 1754.34 m = 5755.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.34 mb = 4154.70 m = 13630.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.34 mb = 12921.60 m = 42393.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2520.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.97 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 160.59 m/s