MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.03,-99.43 Latitude: 44.03 Longitude: -99.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 485 SFC 948 508 33.3 22.1 52 11.2 25.0 358 18 311.2 314.7 299.9 366.3 17.95 3 900 971 28.5 20.5 62 8.0 22.6 5 26 310.9 314.1 299.3 363.2 17.08 4 850 1477 24.9 18.9 69 6.0 20.5 8 15 312.2 315.3 299.2 362.5 16.36 5 800 2008 21.1 16.3 74 4.8 17.7 1 6 313.6 316.4 298.5 359.1 14.70 6 750 2564 16.5 13.9 85 2.6 14.7 260 3 314.5 317.1 298.0 356.3 13.46 7 700 3149 12.6 9.6 82 3.0 10.6 241 17 316.4 318.5 296.7 350.1 10.76 8 650 3769 10.0 -6.0 32 16.0 2.1 262 36 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.75 9 600 4427 4.7 -11.1 31 15.8 -2.2 257 44 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.7 2.73 10 550 5129 -1.2 -13.6 38 12.4 -6.2 250 45 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.8 2.43 11 500 5879 -8.0 -14.7 59 6.7 -10.5 244 48 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.5 2.44 12 450 6687 -14.4 -20.6 59 6.2 -16.3 254 47 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.8 1.65 13 400 7572 -19.1 -23.2 70 4.1 -20.2 270 37 330.2 330.5 293.2 335.4 1.48 14 350 8553 -25.9 -37.5 33 11.6 -27.7 267 26 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.5 0.44 15 300 9648 -34.8 -50.0 20 15.2 -36.0 274 24 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10891 -45.4 -53.2 41 7.8 -45.7 284 27 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 17 200 12340 -56.6 -57.0 95 0.4 -56.6 299 41 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.09 18 150 14131 -60.7 -67.1 43 6.4 -60.8 288 46 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.03 19 100 16655 -61.1 -84.3 3 23.2 -61.3 298 14 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.45 m Freezing level: 560.31 mb = 4983.97 m = 16351.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.80 mb = 4081.07 m = 13389.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.64 % Est. max temperature: 35.73 C = 96.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.24 mb = 1939.70 m = 6363.77 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 35.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.55 mb = 2398.35 m = 7868.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.33 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -9.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -9.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.89 C K Index: 48.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 520.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4181.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.29 mb = 2047.76 m = 6718.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.29 mb = 2662.95 m = 8736.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.29 mb = 14077.08 m = 46184.07 ft B at Equ Level: 4164.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.8 neg: -30.1 tot: 223.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.75 Bulk Rich Number: 19.58 Bulk Shear: 213.59 m/s