MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.71,-97.52 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 952 538 24.2 21.6 85 2.6 22.3 137 9 301.6 304.8 297.2 352.6 17.30 2 950 555 24.7 21.5 82 3.3 22.3 139 10 302.3 305.4 297.3 353.1 17.19 3 900 1033 25.5 19.1 68 6.4 20.9 174 32 307.8 310.7 297.7 355.0 15.64 4 850 1534 22.6 16.6 69 6.0 18.4 199 32 309.9 312.5 297.3 353.0 14.17 5 800 2061 19.6 13.5 68 6.1 15.4 215 30 312.1 314.4 296.5 349.7 12.23 6 750 2616 19.1 2.8 34 16.2 9.6 225 26 317.3 318.5 293.6 337.2 6.27 7 700 3205 15.5 -5.4 23 21.0 4.9 232 21 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.6 3.64 8 650 3826 10.2 -12.1 20 22.3 0.4 242 19 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.33 9 600 4484 4.2 -14.2 25 18.4 -3.3 246 22 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.1 2.12 10 550 5183 -2.0 -16.5 32 14.5 -7.4 253 28 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.2 1.92 11 500 5931 -8.8 -19.4 42 10.5 -12.2 263 27 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.65 12 450 6737 -14.8 -25.8 39 11.0 -17.6 266 25 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.4 1.04 13 400 7618 -21.0 -33.8 31 12.8 -23.4 277 25 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.7 0.55 14 350 8590 -27.9 -44.0 20 16.1 -29.7 281 31 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.22 15 300 9680 -35.7 -49.5 23 13.8 -36.8 284 27 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10921 -45.1 -56.4 27 11.3 -45.6 279 22 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.07 17 200 12376 -55.2 -64.9 29 9.7 -55.4 306 30 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14170 -62.1 -73.0 22 10.9 -62.2 292 26 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 243 14 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.37 m Freezing level: 566.08 mb = 4958.61 m = 16268.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.18 mb = 3900.44 m = 12796.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.40 mb = 873.14 m = 2864.60 ft T: 25.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 26.92 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3254.31 m = 10676.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.11 C = 107.80 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 586.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2631.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 309.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.66 mb = 1723.81 m = 5655.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.66 mb = 4127.00 m = 13539.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.66 mb = 13513.14 m = 44333.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2604.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.9 neg: -9.5 tot: 331.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.61 Bulk Rich Number: 31.27 Bulk Shear: 84.16 m/s