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: 43.36,-99.33 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 534 SFC 947 562 25.4 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 134 19 303.2 306.2 296.8 351.1 16.15 3 900 1008 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.2 143 35 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.8 14.96 4 850 1504 21.8 16.6 72 5.2 18.2 185 35 309.0 311.6 297.0 351.9 14.14 5 800 2032 21.7 12.0 54 9.7 15.2 229 29 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.6 11.06 6 750 2588 17.3 8.2 55 9.2 11.5 248 29 315.4 317.2 295.3 344.0 9.13 7 700 3173 13.1 1.0 43 12.2 6.3 273 28 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.7 5.87 8 650 3792 9.0 -11.2 23 20.2 0.1 293 26 319.2 319.6 291.0 327.5 2.50 9 600 4447 4.0 -17.6 19 21.6 -4.1 284 30 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.2 1.60 10 550 5146 -1.9 -21.2 21 19.3 -8.2 279 28 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.3 1.28 11 500 5895 -8.0 -24.6 25 16.5 -12.8 265 25 323.2 323.5 290.8 326.9 1.05 12 450 6703 -14.5 -29.9 26 15.4 -18.0 268 30 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.6 0.71 13 400 7585 -20.1 -38.0 19 17.9 -23.0 283 35 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.2 0.36 14 350 8560 -27.4 -44.9 17 17.4 -29.4 289 32 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.20 15 300 9649 -36.5 -50.0 23 13.5 -37.5 288 28 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 16 250 10884 -46.5 -56.3 32 9.8 -46.9 280 28 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.07 17 200 12337 -53.3 -66.9 18 13.5 -53.6 274 31 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14164 -58.7 -76.4 9 17.7 -58.9 247 18 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 221 12 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.26 m Freezing level: 566.07 mb = 4921.81 m = 16147.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.38 mb = 3812.10 m = 12506.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.73 % Est. max temperature: 36.32 C = 97.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.20 mb = 1191.05 m = 3907.59 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 25.73 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2917.06 m = 9570.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.27 C = 100.88 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1851.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 325.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.04 mb = 1555.02 m = 5101.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.04 mb = 4311.54 m = 14145.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.04 mb = 12661.87 m = 41541.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1827.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.04 mb = 16097.26 m = 52811.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 630.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 630.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.86 Bulk Rich Number: 6.28 Bulk Shear: 294.96 m/s