MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.50,-98.55 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 963 490 24.9 17.0 61 8.0 19.5 161 14 301.4 303.7 294.0 338.9 12.75 2 950 604 23.4 15.2 60 8.2 17.9 165 19 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.52 3 900 1073 18.9 14.1 74 4.8 15.8 173 22 301.0 303.1 292.9 334.4 11.33 4 850 1561 14.4 13.4 93 1.0 13.7 181 22 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.8 11.40 5 800 2072 12.2 10.8 91 1.4 11.4 199 25 304.2 306.1 293.0 334.8 10.25 6 750 2615 12.3 3.9 56 8.5 7.5 198 22 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.8 6.75 7 700 3189 8.3 1.0 60 7.4 4.3 203 22 311.7 312.8 291.7 330.0 5.87 8 650 3797 3.7 0.4 79 3.3 2.0 224 19 313.1 314.3 292.3 332.2 6.08 9 600 4442 -0.3 -8.3 55 8.0 -3.8 263 18 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.7 3.40 10 550 5132 -5.8 -10.7 68 4.9 -7.8 291 19 317.3 317.8 290.9 327.3 3.08 11 500 5871 -11.5 -18.6 56 7.1 -13.7 287 23 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.0 1.76 12 450 6670 -16.9 -27.2 40 10.3 -19.3 285 27 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.2 0.91 13 400 7543 -23.2 -28.5 62 5.3 -24.3 288 28 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.0 0.91 14 350 8508 -29.4 -29.4 100 0.0 -29.4 307 8 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.5 0.95 15 300 9588 -38.6 -39.3 94 0.6 -38.7 253 10 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.42 16 250 10815 -47.5 -49.8 77 2.3 -47.6 48 2 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 17 200 12269 -50.5 -70.5 8 20.0 -50.9 277 22 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14125 -54.5 -79.3 3 24.8 -54.9 292 27 376.1 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -61.8 -84.4 3 22.7 -62.0 306 26 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.22 m Freezing level: 604.26 mb = 4387.53 m = 14394.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.16 mb = 4008.64 m = 13151.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.68 mb = 1494.08 m = 4901.79 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1947.05 m = 6387.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 31.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.55 mb = 1655.05 m = 5429.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.55 mb = 4635.61 m = 15208.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.55 mb = 10408.45 m = 34148.05 ft B at Equ Level: 404.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.55 mb = 12414.34 m = 40728.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: -8.6 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.02 Bulk Shear: 57.82 m/s