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: 44.33,-99.32 Latitude: 44.33 Longitude: -99.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 950 536 31.0 21.9 59 9.1 24.3 143 12 308.7 312.0 299.2 362.5 17.73 2 950 538 31.1 21.5 57 9.6 24.0 145 13 308.7 312.0 298.9 361.0 17.20 3 900 1021 26.8 19.4 64 7.4 21.5 157 21 309.1 312.1 298.2 357.7 16.00 4 850 1524 22.6 18.0 75 4.7 19.3 178 22 309.9 312.8 298.1 356.8 15.42 5 800 2050 19.8 14.6 72 5.2 16.3 209 24 312.3 314.8 297.3 352.8 13.18 6 750 2608 20.7 -3.7 19 24.5 7.8 230 18 319.1 319.8 292.2 331.7 3.87 7 700 3198 16.2 -10.6 15 26.8 3.8 249 17 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.5 2.43 8 650 3821 10.6 -12.4 18 23.0 0.5 247 20 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.6 2.26 9 600 4479 4.5 -14.8 23 19.3 -3.3 242 23 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.1 2.01 10 550 5179 -1.8 -16.8 31 15.0 -7.4 247 28 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.86 11 500 5927 -8.4 -19.9 39 11.5 -12.1 260 27 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.58 12 450 6735 -14.3 -26.4 35 12.1 -17.4 267 26 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 0.98 13 400 7617 -20.7 -34.0 29 13.4 -23.1 274 30 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.1 0.54 14 350 8590 -27.9 -42.6 23 14.7 -29.7 277 35 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9678 -36.0 -50.0 22 13.9 -37.1 281 33 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 16 250 10919 -45.0 -56.1 28 11.2 -45.4 277 30 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.08 17 200 12373 -55.6 -63.0 39 7.4 -55.8 293 31 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14170 -61.1 -72.8 20 11.8 -61.2 294 32 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16701 -59.9 -84.1 3 24.2 -60.2 244 7 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.84 m Freezing level: 564.47 mb = 4976.37 m = 16326.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3912.15 m = 12834.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.91 % Est. max temperature: 34.60 C = 94.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.56 mb = 1693.65 m = 5556.53 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 33.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3275.97 m = 10747.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.68 C = 108.82 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 22.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 603.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3309.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 238.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.54 mb = 1947.55 m = 6389.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.54 mb = 4018.76 m = 13184.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.54 mb = 13591.91 m = 44592.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3307.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 182.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.76 Bulk Rich Number: 37.80 Bulk Shear: 87.56 m/s