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: 43.09,-99.65 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 526 SFC 936 658 27.2 20.9 69 6.3 22.6 128 16 306.1 309.2 298.0 356.7 16.85 3 900 1003 24.2 19.2 73 5.1 20.6 141 29 306.5 309.4 297.4 353.8 15.74 4 850 1504 23.9 16.4 63 7.4 18.7 182 31 311.1 313.8 297.5 353.9 13.96 5 800 2034 22.2 11.5 51 10.7 15.1 224 26 314.8 316.9 296.2 348.1 10.70 6 750 2591 17.7 8.1 53 9.6 11.6 243 26 315.8 317.5 295.3 344.2 9.08 7 700 3177 13.5 1.4 44 12.1 6.6 272 28 317.4 318.6 293.5 336.7 6.06 8 650 3796 9.2 -9.6 25 18.8 0.6 287 28 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.7 2.83 9 600 4452 4.0 -18.2 18 22.2 -4.2 286 32 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.0 1.52 10 550 5151 -1.9 -22.2 19 20.3 -8.4 283 30 321.9 322.1 290.6 325.9 1.17 11 500 5900 -8.0 -25.5 23 17.6 -12.9 273 23 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.7 0.96 12 450 6708 -14.3 -30.8 23 16.5 -18.0 270 27 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.65 13 400 7590 -20.1 -37.6 20 17.4 -23.1 282 34 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.38 14 350 8565 -27.6 -42.7 22 15.1 -29.4 289 35 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.25 15 300 9653 -36.5 -49.4 25 12.9 -37.4 292 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 16 250 10889 -46.5 -55.9 34 9.4 -46.9 282 31 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.08 17 200 12340 -53.8 -66.4 20 12.7 -54.0 277 35 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14168 -58.1 -76.6 8 18.4 -58.3 246 15 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16693 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 216 15 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.16 m Freezing level: 565.85 mb = 4929.31 m = 16172.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.70 mb = 3875.48 m = 12714.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.52 % Est. max temperature: 36.03 C = 96.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.41 mb = 1458.77 m = 4785.92 ft T: 23.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 27.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.36 mb = 2957.00 m = 9701.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.70 C = 99.86 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2581.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.40 mb = 1953.65 m = 6409.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.40 mb = 3891.98 m = 12768.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.40 mb = 12925.35 m = 42405.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2572.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 540.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 540.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.95 Bulk Rich Number: 9.75 Bulk Shear: 264.83 m/s