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: 44.55,-99.88 Latitude: 44.55 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 511 SFC 947 544 32.0 20.4 50 11.7 23.5 156 18 310.0 313.1 298.5 359.2 16.13 3 900 996 28.2 18.5 56 9.7 21.2 167 33 310.6 313.4 298.0 356.4 15.02 4 850 1501 24.4 16.9 63 7.5 19.1 184 34 311.7 314.4 297.8 355.8 14.37 5 800 2030 20.1 15.0 73 5.0 16.6 200 32 312.6 315.1 297.5 354.3 13.57 6 750 2584 16.2 11.3 73 4.8 13.0 224 26 314.1 316.3 296.5 349.2 11.33 7 700 3170 15.1 -8.3 19 23.4 3.9 277 22 319.2 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.91 8 650 3791 10.2 -14.3 16 24.5 -0.0 275 25 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.95 9 600 4449 4.5 -16.5 20 21.0 -3.6 258 30 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.2 1.75 10 550 5149 -1.6 -21.3 21 19.7 -8.1 249 32 322.1 322.4 290.7 326.5 1.27 11 500 5897 -8.1 -25.4 23 17.4 -12.9 247 34 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.6 0.97 12 450 6705 -15.0 -28.5 31 13.5 -18.1 252 35 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.81 13 400 7582 -22.2 -34.9 31 12.7 -24.4 258 32 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.49 14 350 8549 -29.3 -31.2 83 1.9 -29.6 266 34 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.1 0.80 15 300 9631 -37.7 -37.9 98 0.2 -37.7 272 32 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.49 16 250 10860 -47.4 -55.5 39 8.1 -47.7 271 39 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12307 -54.3 -63.7 30 9.5 -54.5 269 43 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14147 -56.1 -78.1 5 22.0 -56.5 237 28 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.4 0.01 19 100 16699 -59.0 -84.4 2 25.4 -59.3 219 12 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.01 m Freezing level: 563.43 mb = 4960.62 m = 16274.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3784.42 m = 12415.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.67 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.13 mb = 2028.49 m = 6655.06 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 32.12 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3256.53 m = 10684.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.28 C = 106.30 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 25.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 608.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3281.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.88 mb = 2248.49 m = 7376.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.88 mb = 3984.21 m = 13071.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.88 mb = 13165.39 m = 43193.01 ft B at Equ Level: 3256.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 305.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.96 Bulk Rich Number: 23.39 Bulk Shear: 140.30 m/s