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: 44.91,-99.02 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 958 470 30.4 22.5 63 7.9 24.5 148 12 307.3 310.7 299.1 362.1 18.15 2 950 543 29.9 21.5 61 8.4 23.7 150 16 307.5 310.7 298.6 359.5 17.20 3 900 1024 25.4 20.0 72 5.3 21.5 159 22 307.6 310.7 298.2 357.7 16.59 4 850 1524 20.9 18.8 88 2.0 19.4 174 21 308.0 311.1 298.2 357.4 16.33 5 800 2048 18.4 14.8 79 3.6 15.9 196 21 310.8 313.3 297.0 351.5 13.34 6 750 2604 19.7 0.9 28 18.8 9.0 213 19 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.4 5.45 7 700 3193 15.5 -8.8 18 24.3 3.9 244 18 319.6 320.2 291.4 328.9 2.80 8 650 3814 10.2 -12.8 18 23.1 0.3 253 25 320.6 321.0 291.1 327.9 2.19 9 600 4472 4.1 -14.7 24 18.8 -3.4 247 28 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.03 10 550 5170 -2.4 -16.5 33 14.1 -7.5 249 31 321.3 321.6 291.1 327.8 1.92 11 500 5918 -8.6 -20.8 37 12.2 -12.4 261 31 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.46 12 450 6725 -14.3 -26.9 33 12.6 -17.4 271 26 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.94 13 400 7607 -20.7 -35.0 27 14.3 -23.2 275 31 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.49 14 350 8580 -27.9 -43.3 22 15.3 -29.7 276 38 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 15 300 9669 -35.8 -46.2 33 10.5 -36.7 276 35 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.20 16 250 10911 -44.9 -55.0 32 10.0 -45.4 279 30 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.09 17 200 12364 -56.0 -62.0 47 6.0 -56.1 285 32 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.05 18 150 14163 -60.6 -74.0 16 13.4 -60.7 294 31 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16698 -59.6 -84.4 3 24.8 -59.9 257 7 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.06 m Freezing level: 568.35 mb = 4914.01 m = 16121.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3867.12 m = 12687.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.58 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.19 mb = 1481.31 m = 4859.89 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 34.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 3058.12 m = 10033.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.20 C = 107.97 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -8.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.49 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 24.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 608.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3350.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.88 mb = 1679.31 m = 5509.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.88 mb = 3943.22 m = 12936.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.88 mb = 13764.38 m = 45158.16 ft B at Equ Level: 3321.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 154.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.98 Bulk Rich Number: 33.66 Bulk Shear: 99.55 m/s