MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-99.97 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -99.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 500 SFC 929 697 29.6 17.4 48 12.2 21.0 179 20 309.2 311.7 296.7 350.5 13.61 3 900 982 28.6 16.7 49 11.9 20.2 182 40 310.9 313.5 297.0 351.9 13.38 4 850 1489 28.4 12.4 37 16.1 17.5 204 45 315.9 318.0 296.5 349.3 10.67 5 800 2026 26.3 3.3 23 23.0 12.5 231 35 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.6 6.07 6 750 2589 21.8 -3.5 18 25.3 8.2 246 32 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.1 3.94 7 700 3180 16.5 -7.9 18 24.4 4.6 259 30 320.8 321.3 291.9 330.7 3.01 8 650 3803 10.7 -10.5 21 21.2 1.0 267 28 321.0 321.5 291.7 329.8 2.64 9 600 4462 4.5 -12.6 28 17.1 -2.7 264 27 321.3 321.8 291.6 329.4 2.42 10 550 5162 -2.1 -14.5 38 12.5 -6.9 255 28 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.2 2.26 11 500 5911 -7.1 -26.0 20 19.0 -12.4 254 37 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.91 12 450 6725 -11.6 -35.0 12 23.4 -16.6 272 33 328.7 328.7 291.8 330.3 0.43 13 400 7615 -18.7 -42.7 10 24.0 -22.4 275 29 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 14 350 8592 -27.4 -44.6 18 17.2 -29.4 278 29 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.21 15 300 9679 -36.8 -41.0 65 4.2 -37.2 290 33 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.35 16 250 10914 -47.1 -52.0 57 4.9 -47.3 293 40 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 17 200 12359 -57.0 -59.6 73 2.6 -57.1 295 70 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 18 150 14165 -57.5 -77.0 7 19.5 -57.8 267 31 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16705 -60.1 -84.0 3 23.8 -60.4 207 12 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.89 m Freezing level: 565.70 mb = 4942.15 m = 16214.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.17 mb = 3980.38 m = 13058.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.09 % Est. max temperature: 39.83 C = 103.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.73 mb = 2260.82 m = 7417.30 ft T: 24.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 24.23 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.43 mb = 3899.81 m = 12794.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.26 C = 106.26 F Cap Strength: 6.75 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.93 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 23.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1921.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 444.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.11 mb = 2997.23 m = 9833.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.11 mb = 4460.55 m = 14634.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.11 mb = 13016.21 m = 42703.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1893.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.11 mb = 16101.06 m = 52824.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 444.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.22 Bulk Rich Number: 12.75 Bulk Shear: 150.76 m/s