MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.56,-97.94 Latitude: 43.56 Longitude: -97.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 964 420 27.4 21.2 69 6.2 22.9 147 9 303.8 306.8 297.3 353.3 16.66 2 950 547 27.2 18.9 60 8.4 21.3 154 15 304.8 307.5 296.3 348.3 14.57 3 900 1023 23.5 16.7 66 6.8 18.8 176 14 305.8 308.2 295.7 345.9 13.40 4 850 1520 19.3 15.3 77 4.1 16.6 204 11 306.4 308.8 295.6 345.3 12.95 5 800 2039 14.8 13.6 93 1.2 14.0 227 11 307.0 309.3 295.3 344.2 12.37 6 750 2583 12.1 4.4 60 7.6 7.6 288 13 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.3 7.02 7 700 3157 7.8 -3.7 44 11.5 2.1 309 20 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.15 8 650 3764 4.7 -14.3 24 19.0 -2.7 314 28 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.6 1.94 9 600 4410 0.2 -13.5 35 13.7 -5.2 312 30 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.7 2.24 10 550 5101 -4.7 -18.8 32 14.2 -9.4 310 28 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.9 1.57 11 500 5844 -9.7 -25.2 27 15.5 -13.9 309 24 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 0.99 12 450 6648 -15.3 -37.9 13 22.6 -19.3 312 24 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 13 400 7526 -22.0 -39.6 19 17.7 -24.6 322 28 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.31 14 350 8493 -29.4 -39.4 37 10.0 -30.7 310 28 329.1 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.36 15 300 9573 -38.1 -45.6 46 7.4 -38.7 308 24 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.22 16 250 10807 -44.8 -56.8 25 12.0 -45.3 295 27 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.07 17 200 12276 -50.9 -64.9 17 14.0 -51.2 292 30 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.03 18 150 14142 -54.1 -80.1 3 25.9 -54.5 289 30 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16689 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.7 -62.7 280 14 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.74 m Freezing level: 598.27 mb = 4434.36 m = 14548.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.11 mb = 3417.13 m = 11210.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.50 mb = 1213.74 m = 3982.05 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 32.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.50 mb = 1948.60 m = 6392.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1861.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.50 mb = 1770.40 m = 5808.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.50 mb = 2139.70 m = 7019.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.50 mb = 11633.54 m = 38167.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1858.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.50 mb = 15016.46 m = 49266.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 13.12 Bulk Shear: 141.91 m/s