MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-97.57 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 496 SFC 947 524 32.8 22.7 55 10.1 25.3 127 8 310.8 314.3 300.2 368.1 18.70 3 900 979 27.1 20.4 67 6.8 22.2 132 10 309.5 312.7 298.9 361.1 16.95 4 850 1483 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.8 140 10 309.9 312.9 298.5 359.1 16.14 5 800 2012 23.7 1.8 24 21.8 11.0 179 13 316.4 317.4 292.7 333.7 5.46 6 750 2571 20.3 -4.2 19 24.5 7.5 204 18 318.6 319.4 291.9 330.8 3.73 7 700 3161 15.7 -4.1 25 19.8 5.4 227 22 319.8 320.6 292.5 333.0 4.04 8 650 3783 10.9 -5.0 32 15.9 2.8 240 28 321.3 322.1 292.9 334.6 4.04 9 600 4444 5.2 -8.1 37 13.4 -1.0 245 34 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.6 3.45 10 550 5146 -1.4 -10.9 48 9.5 -5.4 246 35 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.04 11 500 5895 -8.8 -11.9 78 3.1 -10.1 249 37 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.08 12 450 6701 -15.4 -15.5 99 0.1 -15.4 255 37 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.5 2.55 13 400 7578 -22.2 -26.6 67 4.4 -23.2 260 39 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.0 1.09 14 350 8547 -28.2 -41.6 26 13.5 -29.8 259 36 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.28 15 300 9636 -36.2 -42.7 51 6.5 -36.8 257 28 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.30 16 250 10873 -46.6 -53.2 47 6.6 -46.9 265 29 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12319 -56.6 -61.6 53 5.1 -56.7 306 16 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14115 -59.5 -75.2 11 15.7 -59.7 269 35 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16641 -61.6 -84.1 3 22.5 -61.8 260 18 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.08 m Freezing level: 560.51 mb = 4998.30 m = 16398.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.59 mb = 4259.06 m = 13973.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.72 % Est. max temperature: 38.46 C = 101.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.16 mb = 1805.30 m = 5922.83 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 37.31 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.23 mb = 3024.54 m = 9922.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.49 C = 106.67 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: -9.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.01 C Showalter Index: -8.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.49 C Cross Totals Index: 27.48 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4183.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.65 mb = 1874.95 m = 6151.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.65 mb = 3813.23 m = 12510.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.65 mb = 13804.31 m = 45289.17 ft B at Equ Level: 4167.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 38.58 Bulk Shear: 108.46 m/s