MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-100.04 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 492 SFC 931 669 33.5 19.2 43 14.3 23.1 161 18 312.9 315.8 298.7 359.9 15.22 3 900 978 30.7 17.6 45 13.2 21.3 168 33 313.2 315.9 298.1 356.9 14.17 4 850 1487 26.2 16.0 53 10.2 19.0 178 38 313.6 316.2 297.8 355.5 13.56 5 800 2019 22.9 11.6 49 11.3 15.4 200 36 315.6 317.7 296.5 349.3 10.82 6 750 2579 20.8 0.8 26 20.0 9.4 236 30 319.2 320.2 293.5 336.6 5.42 7 700 3170 17.0 -9.9 15 26.9 4.2 257 30 321.3 321.8 291.7 329.8 2.57 8 650 3794 11.7 -15.3 14 27.0 0.4 256 29 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.3 1.78 9 600 4455 5.7 -17.6 17 23.3 -3.2 249 27 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.2 1.60 10 550 5158 -0.7 -18.4 25 17.7 -7.1 241 23 323.3 323.6 291.4 328.9 1.63 11 500 5909 -7.5 -21.5 31 14.1 -11.9 245 24 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.7 1.37 12 450 6718 -14.1 -30.1 24 16.0 -17.8 254 25 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.69 13 400 7601 -20.3 -35.8 24 15.5 -23.0 268 30 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.45 14 350 8574 -28.1 -42.7 23 14.6 -29.8 279 36 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.25 15 300 9659 -37.2 -52.1 20 15.0 -38.1 290 39 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 16 250 10891 -47.4 -51.7 61 4.4 -47.6 289 53 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12333 -55.9 -64.0 36 8.1 -56.1 291 56 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14154 -56.9 -77.8 5 20.9 -57.2 267 33 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16696 -59.7 -84.1 3 24.4 -60.0 207 11 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.86 m Freezing level: 555.37 mb = 5082.52 m = 16674.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.08 mb = 3869.80 m = 12696.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.03 % Est. max temperature: 37.36 C = 99.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.20 mb = 2484.25 m = 8150.32 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 31.63 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.74 mb = 3707.37 m = 12163.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.45 C = 108.42 F Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lifted Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 22.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 593.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3058.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 281.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.93 mb = 2705.98 m = 8877.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.93 mb = 4401.34 m = 14439.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.93 mb = 13217.02 m = 43362.41 ft B at Equ Level: 3044.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 390.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.06 Bulk Rich Number: 25.96 Bulk Shear: 117.82 m/s