MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.39,-97.52 Latitude: 44.39 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 953 521 30.2 23.7 68 6.6 25.3 169 8 307.6 311.3 300.1 367.3 19.70 2 950 545 30.3 22.8 64 7.4 24.7 169 9 307.9 311.4 299.6 364.7 18.74 3 900 1027 26.4 20.2 69 6.2 21.9 188 16 308.7 311.8 298.6 359.5 16.76 4 850 1530 22.3 18.6 80 3.6 19.6 216 17 309.5 312.5 298.4 358.5 16.12 5 800 2055 18.7 16.1 85 2.6 16.9 236 23 311.1 313.8 297.8 355.6 14.55 6 750 2610 18.9 1.2 31 17.6 8.8 248 16 317.1 318.2 293.0 334.9 5.59 7 700 3197 14.4 -3.0 30 17.3 5.2 246 13 318.4 319.3 292.4 332.6 4.39 8 650 3817 9.5 -9.1 26 18.7 0.9 261 22 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.4 2.94 9 600 4474 4.1 -13.2 27 17.2 -3.1 251 31 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.31 10 550 5173 -2.2 -17.6 30 15.4 -7.7 246 34 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.4 1.74 11 500 5921 -8.0 -27.5 19 19.6 -13.1 252 27 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.2 0.80 12 450 6731 -13.4 -31.4 21 17.9 -17.4 263 24 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.62 13 400 7615 -20.3 -34.0 28 13.7 -22.9 275 22 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.54 14 350 8588 -28.1 -41.4 27 13.3 -29.7 277 30 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.29 15 300 9674 -36.7 -51.7 20 15.0 -37.7 277 32 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10910 -46.5 -56.6 31 10.2 -46.9 271 31 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12353 -56.8 -61.6 54 4.8 -56.9 272 40 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14159 -59.2 -75.2 11 16.0 -59.3 279 34 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16702 -59.8 -84.1 3 24.3 -60.1 234 14 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.22 m Freezing level: 567.52 mb = 4928.29 m = 16168.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.72 mb = 3960.86 m = 12994.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.53 C = 92.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.77 mb = 1357.85 m = 4454.84 ft T: 23.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 41.12 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.35 mb = 2824.69 m = 9267.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.04 C = 104.06 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -8.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.22 C Cross Totals Index: 26.61 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 540.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3882.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.48 mb = 1762.50 m = 5782.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.48 mb = 3532.89 m = 11590.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.48 mb = 13657.60 m = 44807.85 ft B at Equ Level: 3876.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.2 neg: -15.2 tot: 108.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 71.08 Bulk Shear: 54.63 m/s