MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.26,-98.50 Latitude: 44.26 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 962 435 27.4 20.0 64 7.4 22.1 161 11 304.0 306.8 296.7 350.1 15.49 2 950 541 27.3 18.6 59 8.6 21.2 163 17 304.9 307.5 296.1 347.8 14.37 3 900 1017 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.8 177 17 305.9 308.3 295.7 346.0 13.39 4 850 1514 20.2 14.4 70 5.7 16.3 215 11 307.3 309.6 295.3 344.2 12.24 5 800 2035 16.0 11.7 76 4.3 13.2 251 12 308.2 310.3 294.6 341.2 10.87 6 750 2580 11.2 9.5 89 1.7 10.1 263 15 308.7 310.6 294.1 339.0 9.96 7 700 3152 6.9 2.6 74 4.3 4.5 285 22 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.5 6.60 8 650 3759 4.5 -8.4 39 12.9 -1.3 300 33 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.1 3.12 9 600 4406 0.0 -12.6 38 12.7 -5.0 306 33 316.1 316.6 290.0 324.1 2.41 10 550 5096 -4.8 -16.9 38 12.1 -9.1 301 32 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.6 1.85 11 500 5838 -10.2 -21.8 38 11.6 -13.6 297 32 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.1 1.33 12 450 6641 -15.6 -33.2 21 17.6 -19.1 301 29 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.5 0.52 13 400 7519 -21.6 -36.6 25 15.0 -24.1 296 26 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 14 350 8487 -29.6 -40.0 36 10.4 -30.9 280 26 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 15 300 9566 -38.2 -45.0 49 6.8 -38.8 283 26 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.23 16 250 10799 -45.4 -55.5 31 10.1 -45.9 294 18 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12264 -50.8 -65.0 17 14.2 -51.2 283 23 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.5 0.03 18 150 14130 -54.2 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.6 288 27 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16691 -61.6 -84.2 3 22.6 -61.9 252 11 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.55 m Freezing level: 599.75 mb = 4409.12 m = 14465.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.05 mb = 3621.20 m = 11880.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.08 mb = 1381.61 m = 4532.80 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 25.99 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.89 mb = 2163.81 m = 7099.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -6.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.09 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 40.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1864.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.41 mb = 1839.68 m = 6035.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.41 mb = 2430.43 m = 7973.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.41 mb = 11838.34 m = 38839.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1843.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.41 mb = 14870.17 m = 48786.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 316.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 165.18 m/s