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: 44.91,-96.66 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 954 459 32.0 23.9 63 8.1 25.9 107 4 309.3 313.0 300.6 370.3 20.00 2 950 497 31.2 22.6 60 8.6 24.8 109 5 308.8 312.3 299.7 365.1 18.50 3 900 980 26.6 21.3 73 5.3 22.7 125 5 308.9 312.3 299.4 363.5 17.96 4 850 1483 21.9 20.1 90 1.7 20.6 149 4 309.1 312.4 299.3 363.0 17.73 5 800 2008 18.0 17.0 94 1.0 17.3 194 7 310.4 313.3 298.2 357.5 15.43 6 750 2561 17.5 5.6 45 11.9 10.3 208 15 315.6 317.1 294.2 339.6 7.63 7 700 3148 14.5 -1.9 32 16.4 5.6 219 24 318.5 319.5 292.7 333.8 4.74 8 650 3768 9.8 -3.2 40 13.0 3.0 229 29 320.0 320.9 293.1 335.1 4.64 9 600 4427 4.6 -5.2 49 9.8 -0.3 236 33 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.6 4.33 10 550 5129 -1.2 -11.0 47 9.9 -5.4 243 39 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.7 2.99 11 500 5879 -8.2 -13.3 67 5.1 -10.2 247 44 323.0 323.6 292.3 332.3 2.75 12 450 6687 -14.5 -17.1 80 2.6 -15.3 248 46 325.1 325.5 292.4 332.7 2.23 13 400 7567 -21.5 -30.6 44 9.1 -23.3 258 44 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.7 0.75 14 350 8539 -27.5 -43.6 20 16.0 -29.5 261 38 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.23 15 300 9629 -36.0 -43.3 47 7.3 -36.7 262 32 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.28 16 250 10868 -45.3 -53.5 39 8.2 -45.7 266 26 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 17 200 12320 -56.7 -58.8 77 2.1 -56.8 263 27 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.07 18 150 14110 -58.9 -75.3 10 16.4 -59.0 259 34 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16642 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 260 15 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.50 m Freezing level: 560.21 mb = 4985.28 m = 16355.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4369.99 m = 14337.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.78 mb = 1484.79 m = 4871.29 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 36.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.10 mb = 1740.10 m = 5708.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -9.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -9.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 28.34 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4351.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 93.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.55 mb = 1641.39 m = 5385.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.55 mb = 1798.49 m = 5900.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.55 mb = 2340.45 m = 7678.55 ft B at Equ Level: 4.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.55 mb = 2566.26 m = 8419.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 44.39 Bulk Shear: 98.02 m/s