MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 43.43,-102.41 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -102.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 539 SFC 913 893 30.7 13.4 35 17.3 19.0 6 8 311.9 313.9 295.4 344.7 10.64 3 900 1017 28.0 12.5 38 15.4 17.7 3 9 310.3 312.3 294.7 341.6 10.20 4 850 1519 22.9 11.4 48 11.5 15.4 356 9 310.2 312.1 294.5 340.9 10.04 5 800 2043 17.9 10.3 61 7.6 13.0 346 8 310.2 312.1 294.4 340.4 9.87 6 750 2591 12.7 9.0 78 3.8 10.4 339 8 310.4 312.2 294.3 339.9 9.62 7 700 3168 9.1 2.3 62 6.9 5.3 311 9 312.6 313.8 292.4 332.7 6.44 8 650 3777 4.1 -0.8 70 4.9 1.5 293 8 313.6 314.7 292.0 331.1 5.56 9 600 4422 -1.1 -4.4 78 3.3 -2.7 282 8 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.4 4.60 10 550 5110 -6.3 -8.2 86 1.9 -7.1 283 11 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.7 3.74 11 500 5849 -11.2 -13.5 83 2.3 -12.1 305 9 319.3 319.9 291.2 328.3 2.69 12 450 6650 -16.4 -19.2 79 2.8 -17.2 325 12 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.0 1.87 13 400 7526 -21.6 -27.0 62 5.4 -22.8 325 13 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.7 1.05 14 350 8495 -29.2 -34.9 58 5.7 -30.0 318 12 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.5 0.56 15 300 9576 -38.1 -40.5 78 2.4 -38.3 298 11 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.37 16 250 10805 -47.6 -48.4 92 0.7 -47.7 293 26 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 17 200 12252 -53.6 -59.0 51 5.5 -53.7 306 22 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.07 18 150 14113 -53.5 -79.7 3 26.3 -53.9 298 19 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16667 -61.8 -84.2 4 22.4 -62.1 303 17 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.48 m Freezing level: 610.88 mb = 4281.70 m = 14047.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.96 mb = 4003.65 m = 13135.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.35 mb = 3056.75 m = 10028.58 ft T: 9.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3245.95 m = 10649.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 38.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1227.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.87 mb = 2968.70 m = 9739.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.87 mb = 3504.69 m = 11498.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.87 mb = 11578.76 m = 37987.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1215.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.87 mb = 14032.27 m = 46037.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -8.1 tot: -8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 177.67 Bulk Shear: 6.91 m/s