MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-97.29 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 967 402 30.1 24.3 71 5.9 25.7 143 9 306.2 309.9 299.9 366.7 20.10 2 950 562 30.4 21.4 59 8.9 23.8 150 17 308.0 311.2 298.7 359.9 17.14 3 900 1044 27.1 18.2 58 9.0 20.8 172 24 309.5 312.3 297.5 354.3 14.73 4 850 1548 23.6 15.6 61 8.0 18.0 190 29 310.8 313.3 296.9 351.2 13.19 5 800 2075 19.5 13.5 68 6.0 15.4 197 34 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.5 12.23 6 750 2631 19.4 2.3 32 17.2 9.4 207 28 317.6 318.8 293.5 336.8 6.01 7 700 3219 15.4 -6.1 22 21.5 4.6 220 18 319.6 320.2 292.0 330.9 3.46 8 650 3841 10.4 -11.5 20 21.9 0.7 238 15 320.7 321.2 291.4 328.9 2.43 9 600 4500 4.6 -14.7 23 19.3 -3.1 258 16 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.4 2.04 10 550 5199 -1.9 -16.8 31 14.9 -7.4 259 16 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.86 11 500 5947 -8.6 -18.4 45 9.7 -11.9 264 21 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.80 12 450 6753 -15.2 -23.8 48 8.7 -17.5 272 25 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.5 1.24 13 400 7633 -21.0 -32.6 34 11.6 -23.2 299 32 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.61 14 350 8606 -27.5 -44.6 18 17.1 -29.5 313 31 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.21 15 300 9696 -36.0 -48.2 27 12.2 -37.0 305 23 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 16 250 10934 -46.0 -51.2 55 5.2 -46.3 293 28 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12385 -56.2 -61.8 49 5.6 -56.3 307 30 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14181 -60.2 -74.7 13 14.4 -60.4 302 24 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16708 -60.5 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.8 230 12 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.85 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4992.66 m = 16379.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3952.17 m = 12966.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.42 % Est. max temperature: 35.43 C = 95.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.13 mb = 1151.45 m = 3777.68 ft T: 26.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 38.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3242.81 m = 10639.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.45 C = 110.21 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -8.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3180.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.56 mb = 1971.55 m = 6468.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.56 mb = 4038.78 m = 13250.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.56 mb = 13602.38 m = 44626.67 ft B at Equ Level: 3156.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.4 neg: -8.8 tot: 217.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.44 Bulk Rich Number: 56.55 Bulk Shear: 56.24 m/s