MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.58,-99.26 Latitude: 44.58 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 485 SFC 944 541 33.8 22.0 50 11.7 25.0 21 8 312.0 315.4 300.1 367.2 17.95 3 900 972 28.9 20.1 59 8.8 22.5 25 7 311.3 314.5 299.2 362.4 16.67 4 850 1478 24.5 18.6 70 5.9 20.2 7 1 311.8 314.9 298.9 361.1 16.05 5 800 2007 20.1 16.7 81 3.4 17.7 219 4 312.6 315.4 298.5 359.0 15.08 6 750 2561 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 14.9 220 8 313.2 315.9 298.1 357.0 14.20 7 700 3144 13.4 3.9 52 9.6 7.8 246 21 317.3 318.7 294.4 340.3 7.23 8 650 3767 10.9 -8.4 25 19.3 1.7 263 33 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.6 3.13 9 600 4426 4.9 -12.0 28 16.9 -2.4 264 36 321.8 322.3 291.8 330.3 2.54 10 550 5127 -1.5 -15.7 33 14.2 -6.9 259 37 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.3 2.05 11 500 5877 -8.1 -19.3 40 11.2 -11.8 254 40 323.2 323.5 291.4 328.9 1.66 12 450 6684 -14.9 -21.0 59 6.1 -16.7 254 46 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.0 1.59 13 400 7563 -21.4 -23.9 80 2.5 -22.0 263 48 327.2 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.38 14 350 8540 -26.3 -31.5 62 5.2 -27.3 276 42 333.2 333.4 293.3 336.1 0.78 15 300 9633 -35.5 -39.8 65 4.3 -36.0 272 41 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.8 0.40 16 250 10873 -46.2 -49.5 69 3.3 -46.4 266 43 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.17 17 200 12315 -57.9 -59.5 81 1.7 -57.9 267 45 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 18 150 14108 -59.5 -76.7 9 17.1 -59.7 266 35 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16641 -60.9 -84.2 3 23.3 -61.2 260 17 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.66 m Freezing level: 561.55 mb = 4965.22 m = 16289.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.04 mb = 4036.77 m = 13243.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.96 mb = 2029.16 m = 6657.27 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 38.29 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.78 mb = 2271.21 m = 7451.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -9.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.57 C Cross Totals Index: 26.65 C K Index: 41.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4290.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 92.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.51 mb = 2120.58 m = 6957.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.51 mb = 2396.85 m = 7863.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.51 mb = 13923.31 m = 45679.60 ft B at Equ Level: 4269.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 39.08 Bulk Shear: 109.80 m/s