MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-96.89 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 951 525 32.0 22.4 57 9.6 24.9 113 10 309.6 313.0 299.7 365.2 18.24 2 950 537 31.6 21.3 55 10.3 24.0 114 10 309.3 312.5 298.9 361.1 17.05 3 900 1020 26.8 19.6 64 7.3 21.6 118 13 309.2 312.2 298.3 358.2 16.12 4 850 1523 22.8 17.0 70 5.8 18.7 122 12 310.0 312.7 297.5 354.1 14.46 5 800 2049 21.2 5.8 37 15.4 11.8 131 8 313.8 315.1 293.4 336.4 7.24 6 750 2604 17.4 1.9 35 15.5 8.5 174 8 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.0 5.85 7 700 3188 13.2 -1.8 35 14.9 5.2 215 15 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.4 4.80 8 650 3806 8.6 -5.4 37 13.9 1.7 233 25 318.6 319.4 292.1 331.5 3.95 9 600 4461 2.7 -4.0 61 6.7 -0.7 242 28 319.2 320.2 292.9 334.6 4.74 10 550 5158 -2.9 -7.4 71 4.5 -5.0 259 31 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.7 3.99 11 500 5905 -9.3 -12.8 75 3.6 -10.6 269 39 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.2 2.85 12 450 6709 -16.2 -16.3 99 0.1 -16.2 267 41 322.9 323.4 292.0 330.9 2.39 13 400 7584 -22.7 -28.3 61 5.5 -23.9 271 43 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.93 14 350 8549 -29.7 -37.8 45 8.2 -30.7 279 36 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.42 15 300 9629 -38.0 -40.3 79 2.3 -38.2 286 35 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.3 0.38 16 250 10857 -47.8 -51.8 63 4.0 -48.0 297 38 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12299 -55.9 -62.4 44 6.5 -56.0 288 34 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14123 -56.7 -77.8 5 21.2 -56.9 264 33 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16675 -58.7 -84.6 2 25.9 -59.0 304 9 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.38 m Freezing level: 576.06 mb = 4794.80 m = 15730.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.58 mb = 4264.75 m = 13991.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.56 % Est. max temperature: 36.06 C = 96.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.33 mb = 1747.09 m = 5731.85 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 33.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2764.55 m = 9069.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.27 C = 100.88 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -8.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3798.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.45 mb = 1990.51 m = 6530.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.45 mb = 3424.65 m = 11235.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.45 mb = 13313.15 m = 43677.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3777.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 112.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 31.29 Bulk Shear: 121.41 m/s