MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.83,-99.06 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -99.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 499 SFC 949 508 34.0 21.7 49 12.3 24.9 99 13 311.8 315.1 299.8 365.7 17.51 3 900 987 30.0 19.3 53 10.7 22.2 112 20 312.4 315.4 298.9 361.1 15.82 4 850 1495 25.9 17.3 59 8.6 19.8 135 16 313.3 316.1 298.5 359.0 14.79 5 800 2027 22.7 13.3 55 9.4 16.3 176 18 315.3 317.7 297.3 353.1 12.11 6 750 2586 18.4 10.7 61 7.7 13.3 201 21 316.6 318.6 296.7 350.5 10.84 7 700 3174 15.0 3.8 47 11.2 8.3 241 23 319.1 320.5 294.8 342.0 7.20 8 650 3797 10.4 -4.0 36 14.4 2.9 258 20 320.7 321.6 293.0 335.0 4.36 9 600 4456 4.9 -10.2 33 15.1 -1.9 263 17 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.5 2.93 10 550 5157 -1.2 -13.5 39 12.2 -6.2 259 23 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.9 2.46 11 500 5908 -7.9 -16.7 49 8.8 -11.0 265 28 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.5 2.07 12 450 6716 -14.4 -24.0 44 9.6 -17.0 275 30 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.4 1.22 13 400 7597 -20.7 -38.7 18 18.0 -23.6 281 31 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.34 14 350 8572 -27.1 -35.4 46 8.2 -28.5 284 32 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.2 0.54 15 300 9662 -36.0 -41.9 55 5.9 -36.6 285 35 334.7 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.32 16 250 10901 -46.4 -49.9 68 3.5 -46.6 292 36 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.8 0.16 17 200 12344 -57.7 -60.5 70 2.9 -57.7 288 38 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.06 18 150 14140 -59.4 -77.2 8 17.8 -59.6 280 35 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 253 9 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.16 m Freezing level: 560.10 mb = 5015.75 m = 16455.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.31 mb = 4195.09 m = 13763.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.71 % Est. max temperature: 37.54 C = 99.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.25 mb = 2078.65 m = 6819.64 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 36.35 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.77 mb = 3056.07 m = 10026.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.68 C = 105.22 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -8.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 39.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4018.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.32 mb = 2343.08 m = 7687.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.32 mb = 3715.35 m = 12189.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.32 mb = 13882.41 m = 45545.42 ft B at Equ Level: 3990.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.35 Bulk Rich Number: 25.35 Bulk Shear: 158.50 m/s