MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.01,-99.67 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -99.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 533 SFC 934 680 25.5 19.7 70 5.8 21.3 147 20 304.5 307.4 296.9 351.1 15.65 3 900 1006 21.2 18.3 83 3.0 19.2 155 32 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.4 14.83 4 850 1502 22.6 16.1 67 6.5 18.1 187 36 309.8 312.4 296.9 351.3 13.65 5 800 2029 19.2 13.9 71 5.3 15.5 206 37 311.6 314.0 296.7 350.1 12.55 6 750 2581 16.5 7.3 54 9.2 10.7 230 29 314.5 316.2 294.6 341.3 8.57 7 700 3168 16.0 -15.0 11 31.0 2.8 291 25 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.0 1.70 8 650 3791 11.0 -17.3 12 28.4 -0.2 286 23 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.6 1.51 9 600 4450 5.3 -18.2 16 23.6 -3.5 278 23 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.5 1.51 10 550 5152 -1.0 -18.3 26 17.2 -7.2 270 25 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.5 1.65 11 500 5902 -8.0 -19.4 39 11.4 -11.8 269 25 323.3 323.6 291.4 328.9 1.65 12 450 6709 -15.5 -21.1 62 5.6 -17.1 267 29 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.3 1.58 13 400 7585 -22.5 -32.6 39 10.1 -24.3 276 37 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 14 350 8554 -28.0 -45.6 17 17.7 -29.9 276 35 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9642 -36.5 -50.7 22 14.2 -37.5 281 35 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 16 250 10877 -46.4 -55.9 33 9.5 -46.7 275 34 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 17 200 12329 -54.3 -63.4 32 9.1 -54.5 270 35 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14158 -57.3 -77.0 7 19.7 -57.6 251 22 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.3 213 11 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.91 m Freezing level: 558.02 mb = 5039.70 m = 16534.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.52 mb = 3745.24 m = 12287.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.96 mb = 1411.23 m = 4629.95 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 25.38 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.75 mb = 3501.62 m = 11488.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.76 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.48 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 15.67 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1973.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 371.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.20 mb = 1791.01 m = 5875.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.20 mb = 4762.86 m = 15625.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.20 mb = 12749.49 m = 41828.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1945.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.20 mb = 15697.94 m = 51501.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 523.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 523.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.96 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 209.22 m/s