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: 44.90,-99.22 Latitude: 44.90 Longitude: -99.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 514 SFC 950 515 32.0 20.9 52 11.1 23.8 73 8 309.7 312.8 298.7 360.2 16.58 3 900 998 28.5 18.0 53 10.5 21.0 103 16 310.9 313.6 297.8 355.4 14.58 4 850 1504 24.6 16.1 59 8.4 18.7 127 16 311.9 314.5 297.5 353.9 13.68 5 800 2032 20.0 14.4 70 5.6 16.2 142 16 312.5 315.0 297.2 352.6 13.03 6 750 2586 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.5 163 14 313.4 315.7 296.9 351.4 12.30 7 700 3170 13.5 3.1 49 10.4 7.4 229 12 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.2 6.85 8 650 3790 9.8 -6.7 31 16.5 1.7 271 14 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.7 3.55 9 600 4447 4.0 -10.5 34 14.6 -2.4 269 19 320.8 321.4 291.8 330.3 2.86 10 550 5146 -2.1 -12.3 46 10.2 -6.3 267 26 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.5 2.70 11 500 5894 -8.9 -14.3 65 5.4 -10.9 258 31 322.2 322.7 291.9 330.6 2.52 12 450 6699 -15.7 -21.8 60 6.1 -17.4 266 35 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.6 1.49 13 400 7577 -21.2 -34.6 29 13.4 -23.6 278 36 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.3 0.51 14 350 8550 -27.7 -29.9 82 2.1 -28.2 283 36 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.91 15 300 9640 -35.7 -37.7 81 2.1 -35.9 293 34 335.1 335.2 293.6 337.0 0.49 16 250 10879 -46.3 -48.3 80 2.0 -46.4 300 36 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.19 17 200 12321 -57.8 -58.8 88 1.0 -57.8 297 37 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 18 150 14121 -58.4 -76.4 8 18.0 -58.6 278 31 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16672 -58.6 -84.6 2 26.0 -58.9 273 12 414.5 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.30 m Freezing level: 567.32 mb = 4904.09 m = 16089.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.04 mb = 4058.89 m = 13316.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.81 C = 94.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.23 mb = 1932.30 m = 6339.49 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 29.86 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.09 mb = 2630.15 m = 8628.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.95 C = 96.71 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3203.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.32 mb = 2290.03 m = 7513.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.32 mb = 3900.10 m = 12795.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.32 mb = 13289.18 m = 43599.15 ft B at Equ Level: 3200.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 25.77 Bulk Shear: 124.28 m/s