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: 44.91,-98.55 Latitude: 44.91 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 965 403 25.3 22.3 84 2.9 23.1 128 8 301.5 304.7 297.5 354.1 17.85 2 950 542 26.9 21.8 74 5.1 23.2 142 19 304.5 307.7 298.1 356.9 17.57 3 900 1021 25.9 19.3 67 6.6 21.1 172 30 308.2 311.1 297.9 356.0 15.82 4 850 1523 23.2 16.8 67 6.4 18.7 199 27 310.5 313.2 297.5 354.1 14.29 5 800 2051 20.8 13.0 61 7.8 15.5 229 22 313.4 315.6 296.7 350.1 11.88 6 750 2609 20.4 -5.1 17 25.5 7.3 234 18 318.7 319.4 291.7 330.1 3.49 7 700 3198 15.8 -10.4 15 26.2 3.7 245 17 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.2 2.47 8 650 3820 10.3 -12.5 19 22.8 0.4 246 21 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.25 9 600 4478 4.4 -15.1 23 19.5 -3.4 245 26 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.8 1.96 10 550 5178 -2.1 -16.7 32 14.6 -7.5 251 29 321.6 321.9 291.1 327.9 1.88 11 500 5925 -8.7 -21.1 36 12.4 -12.5 253 26 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.4 1.42 12 450 6731 -14.9 -25.0 42 10.1 -17.5 262 25 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.4 1.12 13 400 7612 -20.9 -34.1 29 13.2 -23.3 269 29 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.8 0.53 14 350 8585 -27.4 -45.6 16 18.2 -29.4 273 33 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 15 300 9676 -35.4 -52.7 15 17.3 -36.6 279 31 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 16 250 10921 -44.0 -60.7 14 16.7 -44.6 287 29 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12382 -55.0 -65.5 26 10.5 -55.2 294 33 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14169 -64.1 -71.7 34 7.6 -64.2 283 28 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.02 19 100 16685 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 231 13 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.27 m Freezing level: 566.26 mb = 4950.07 m = 16240.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.36 mb = 3891.83 m = 12768.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.89 % Est. max temperature: 36.16 C = 97.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.97 mb = 778.19 m = 2553.09 ft T: 26.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 29.09 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.71 mb = 3201.92 m = 10504.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.63 C = 110.53 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 22.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2872.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 342.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.82 mb = 1628.22 m = 5341.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.82 mb = 4144.88 m = 13598.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.82 mb = 13972.48 m = 45840.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2847.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.3 neg: -7.2 tot: 300.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.49 Bulk Rich Number: 26.45 Bulk Shear: 108.59 m/s