MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.04,-101.62 Latitude: 44.04 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 488 SFC 926 715 32.3 17.9 42 14.4 22.0 351 16 312.2 314.9 297.8 355.4 14.04 3 900 971 29.2 17.0 48 12.2 20.5 353 22 311.6 314.2 297.4 353.4 13.64 4 850 1477 24.5 15.9 59 8.6 18.5 354 20 311.8 314.4 297.3 353.2 13.48 5 800 2006 21.4 12.3 56 9.0 15.3 341 15 313.9 316.1 296.4 349.1 11.34 6 750 2564 19.4 5.2 39 14.2 10.7 289 14 317.7 319.1 294.6 341.2 7.42 7 700 3153 15.6 0.2 35 15.4 6.9 259 19 319.7 320.8 293.7 337.6 5.55 8 650 3776 10.6 -5.0 33 15.6 2.7 252 26 321.0 321.7 292.9 334.3 4.07 9 600 4435 4.8 -8.2 38 13.0 -1.3 246 32 321.6 322.3 292.5 332.9 3.42 10 550 5136 -1.7 -10.5 51 8.8 -5.5 238 37 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.5 3.13 11 500 5886 -7.6 -17.7 44 10.1 -11.1 243 41 323.8 324.2 291.8 330.3 1.90 12 450 6696 -13.5 -20.4 56 6.9 -15.6 260 41 326.2 326.6 292.3 332.1 1.68 13 400 7583 -19.4 -23.8 68 4.4 -20.6 269 40 329.8 330.0 293.0 334.7 1.40 14 350 8559 -27.7 -32.0 66 4.3 -28.4 270 41 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.75 15 300 9647 -36.2 -37.0 92 0.8 -36.3 270 42 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.53 16 250 10884 -46.2 -50.8 59 4.7 -46.4 274 43 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.14 17 200 12330 -57.7 -60.1 74 2.4 -57.7 291 51 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.06 18 150 14132 -56.6 -77.7 5 21.2 -56.9 254 33 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16664 -60.2 -84.2 3 24.0 -60.5 289 22 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.73 m Freezing level: 562.99 mb = 4954.04 m = 16253.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.42 mb = 4212.76 m = 13821.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.81 mb = 2542.76 m = 8342.29 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 25.13 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.84 mb = 3586.02 m = 11765.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.49 C = 104.87 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2503.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 255.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.40 mb = 2581.74 m = 8470.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.40 mb = 4253.22 m = 13953.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.40 mb = 13223.82 m = 43384.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2467.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 6.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.6 neg: -26.9 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 15.76 Bulk Shear: 158.81 m/s