MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-99.18 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 541 SFC 944 598 24.7 20.4 77 4.3 21.6 129 17 302.8 305.8 296.8 350.8 16.22 3 900 1014 21.0 18.3 85 2.7 19.1 139 31 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.3 14.89 4 850 1510 21.2 16.9 76 4.3 18.2 179 37 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.9 14.38 5 800 2036 20.8 13.4 63 7.4 15.8 217 33 313.3 315.6 296.8 351.0 12.20 6 750 2592 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.1 240 29 314.9 316.8 295.8 346.2 10.03 7 700 3176 13.2 1.2 44 12.0 6.5 276 28 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.99 8 650 3795 9.5 -12.4 20 21.8 0.0 292 27 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.3 2.28 9 600 4452 4.2 -19.2 16 23.4 -4.3 287 30 321.0 321.3 290.5 325.8 1.40 10 550 5151 -1.8 -23.0 18 21.2 -8.5 280 29 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.09 11 500 5900 -8.1 -24.7 25 16.6 -12.8 260 27 323.1 323.4 290.8 326.8 1.03 12 450 6707 -14.7 -30.3 25 15.5 -18.2 266 32 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.69 13 400 7589 -19.8 -38.6 17 18.8 -22.9 285 36 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.34 14 350 8565 -27.2 -44.5 18 17.2 -29.2 292 33 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.21 15 300 9655 -36.2 -50.8 21 14.6 -37.3 289 27 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 16 250 10892 -46.2 -56.9 29 10.7 -46.6 281 29 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12346 -53.3 -66.9 18 13.6 -53.6 278 28 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14168 -59.3 -75.9 10 16.6 -59.5 255 19 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -59.8 -84.2 3 24.4 -60.1 218 13 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.56 m Freezing level: 565.21 mb = 4938.43 m = 16201.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.77 mb = 3798.07 m = 12460.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.59 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.95 mb = 1140.42 m = 3741.49 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.23 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2888.18 m = 9475.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.72 C = 99.89 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1786.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.21 mb = 1538.15 m = 5046.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.21 mb = 4421.81 m = 14507.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.21 mb = 12597.78 m = 41330.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1769.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.21 mb = 15976.42 m = 52415.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 673.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 673.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.98 Bulk Rich Number: 6.38 Bulk Shear: 280.06 m/s