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: 44.46,-97.04 Latitude: 44.46 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 951 517 30.2 23.7 68 6.5 25.3 125 9 307.7 311.4 300.1 367.5 19.75 2 950 526 30.4 23.1 65 7.3 24.9 125 9 308.1 311.6 299.8 365.8 19.06 3 900 1008 26.5 20.4 69 6.1 22.1 129 17 308.9 312.1 298.8 360.5 17.01 4 850 1511 22.7 17.1 71 5.6 18.8 145 17 310.0 312.7 297.6 354.6 14.63 5 800 2038 20.9 8.3 44 12.5 13.0 156 18 313.4 315.0 294.4 340.2 8.63 6 750 2594 18.2 3.6 38 14.5 9.6 187 16 316.3 317.6 293.6 337.3 6.64 7 700 3180 14.3 -3.8 28 18.2 4.9 222 22 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.6 4.11 8 650 3800 9.6 -9.6 25 19.1 0.8 231 27 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.85 9 600 4457 3.7 -7.9 42 11.6 -1.7 240 25 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.0 3.53 10 550 5155 -2.5 -7.9 66 5.4 -5.0 260 23 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.7 3.83 11 500 5903 -9.1 -12.1 78 3.1 -10.3 270 25 322.0 322.5 292.3 332.0 3.01 12 450 6707 -15.9 -18.2 83 2.2 -16.6 267 33 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.1 2.03 13 400 7584 -22.1 -31.1 44 9.0 -23.8 285 34 326.3 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.71 14 350 8555 -27.7 -31.8 68 4.1 -28.4 289 33 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.76 15 300 9644 -36.2 -40.8 63 4.6 -36.7 285 33 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.36 16 250 10880 -46.7 -48.3 84 1.6 -46.9 292 38 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.3 0.19 17 200 12320 -57.8 -58.9 87 1.1 -57.8 299 42 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14128 -58.0 -78.1 6 20.1 -58.3 275 34 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -59.9 -84.5 3 24.6 -60.2 304 6 411.9 411.9 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.60 m Freezing level: 569.95 mb = 4876.62 m = 15999.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.12 mb = 4002.85 m = 13132.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.40 % Est. max temperature: 35.69 C = 96.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.39 mb = 1343.32 m = 4407.16 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 38.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.43 mb = 2748.95 m = 9018.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.18 C = 102.52 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -9.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 26.24 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4046.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.95 mb = 1802.84 m = 5914.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.95 mb = 3584.57 m = 11760.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.95 mb = 13843.53 m = 45417.86 ft B at Equ Level: 3989.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.90 Bulk Rich Number: 41.51 Bulk Shear: 97.46 m/s