MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 44.53,-96.83 Latitude: 44.53 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 1 950 482 SFC 945 528 30.7 22.0 60 8.7 24.2 122 7 308.7 312.1 299.2 362.9 17.83 3 900 965 27.1 19.5 63 7.6 21.6 133 11 309.4 312.4 298.3 358.2 16.03 4 850 1468 22.4 18.4 78 4.0 19.5 139 10 309.6 312.6 298.3 357.9 15.87 5 800 1993 18.3 16.1 87 2.3 16.7 160 7 310.7 313.4 297.7 355.0 14.50 6 750 2546 16.9 7.9 56 8.9 11.2 214 15 314.9 316.6 295.0 342.9 8.97 7 700 3133 14.9 -1.1 33 16.0 6.1 230 23 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.2 5.05 8 650 3754 9.8 -3.9 38 13.7 2.7 253 24 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.4 4.42 9 600 4413 5.0 -8.1 38 13.1 -1.1 250 30 321.9 322.6 292.6 333.4 3.47 10 550 5115 -1.2 -10.0 51 8.8 -5.1 247 37 322.6 323.3 292.6 333.4 3.25 11 500 5865 -8.2 -12.3 73 4.0 -9.8 244 37 323.0 323.6 292.5 333.0 2.98 12 450 6673 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.5 247 42 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.3 2.21 13 400 7557 -18.9 -20.0 90 1.2 -19.2 260 38 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.3 1.95 14 350 8541 -24.6 -28.5 70 3.9 -25.5 262 40 335.5 335.8 294.1 339.4 1.04 15 300 9644 -33.3 -40.5 49 7.2 -34.1 271 32 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.37 16 250 10895 -44.2 -49.4 56 5.2 -44.5 271 30 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12350 -56.1 -59.4 66 3.3 -56.2 280 34 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14135 -62.3 -74.5 18 12.2 -62.4 265 28 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16650 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.1 -61.3 228 18 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.56 m Freezing level: 559.80 mb = 4977.30 m = 16329.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.25 mb = 4219.56 m = 13843.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.96 C = 91.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.63 mb = 1636.31 m = 5368.39 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 29.47 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2474.67 m = 8118.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.16 C = 97.09 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -7.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 26.64 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3126.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.14 mb = 1873.32 m = 6145.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.14 mb = 3674.93 m = 12056.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.14 mb = 13886.20 m = 45557.85 ft B at Equ Level: 3113.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 29.57 Bulk Shear: 105.72 m/s