MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.35,-99.45 Latitude: 44.35 Longitude: -99.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 524 SFC 947 550 28.9 20.6 61 8.3 22.8 153 18 306.7 309.8 297.8 355.8 16.29 3 900 1005 26.1 18.5 63 7.6 20.7 165 36 308.4 311.3 297.5 354.1 15.08 4 850 1508 23.3 17.1 68 6.2 18.9 188 38 310.6 313.3 297.7 355.2 14.61 5 800 2035 19.4 15.4 77 4.0 16.6 203 34 311.8 314.5 297.5 354.4 13.87 6 750 2588 15.6 11.8 78 3.7 13.1 221 28 313.5 315.7 296.5 349.7 11.71 7 700 3173 15.4 -9.1 18 24.5 3.8 279 20 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.6 2.74 8 650 3795 10.4 -13.7 17 24.1 0.2 278 22 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.04 9 600 4453 4.9 -18.6 16 23.5 -3.8 255 30 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.8 1.46 10 550 5154 -1.3 -20.5 22 19.2 -7.8 244 30 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.36 11 500 5904 -8.2 -22.1 32 13.9 -12.4 241 32 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.30 12 450 6710 -15.4 -24.1 47 8.7 -17.7 249 37 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.1 1.21 13 400 7587 -22.2 -36.1 27 13.9 -24.4 262 35 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.44 14 350 8554 -29.3 -39.0 39 9.6 -30.6 266 37 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.37 15 300 9636 -37.8 -38.7 91 0.9 -37.8 269 36 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.45 16 250 10865 -47.4 -52.6 56 5.1 -47.7 266 44 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 17 200 12312 -54.7 -63.1 34 8.5 -54.9 267 48 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14154 -56.0 -78.2 5 22.2 -56.3 236 29 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.01 19 100 16702 -59.4 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.7 216 12 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.90 m Freezing level: 560.62 mb = 5005.44 m = 16421.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.55 mb = 3826.05 m = 12552.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.98 C = 93.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.82 mb = 1612.54 m = 5290.42 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 28.38 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2541.12 m = 8336.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.37 C = 95.67 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: -7.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 24.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 594.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2977.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.95 mb = 1981.37 m = 6500.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.95 mb = 4184.34 m = 13727.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.95 mb = 12988.04 m = 42611.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2962.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 372.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.69 Bulk Rich Number: 21.46 Bulk Shear: 138.76 m/s