MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-99.81 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 536 SFC 946 578 32.2 20.4 50 11.8 23.5 125 11 310.3 313.3 298.6 359.4 16.11 3 900 1020 28.1 18.4 55 9.8 21.1 139 19 310.5 313.3 297.9 356.1 14.93 4 850 1525 23.5 17.3 68 6.3 19.1 155 19 310.8 313.6 297.9 355.9 14.74 5 800 2052 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.8 177 19 311.4 314.1 297.7 355.1 14.27 6 750 2606 17.0 10.6 66 6.4 12.8 216 24 315.1 317.1 296.3 348.6 10.78 7 700 3193 14.8 -4.5 26 19.3 4.9 240 18 318.9 319.6 292.2 331.6 3.91 8 650 3813 10.0 -12.1 20 22.1 0.4 257 19 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.1 2.32 9 600 4471 4.2 -14.8 24 19.0 -3.4 249 21 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.8 2.02 10 550 5170 -2.1 -15.5 35 13.4 -7.2 242 26 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.08 11 500 5918 -8.6 -20.5 38 11.9 -12.3 256 28 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.7 1.50 12 450 6725 -14.3 -24.6 41 10.3 -17.0 273 28 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.3 1.16 13 400 7608 -20.1 -29.6 42 9.6 -22.1 277 25 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.9 0.82 14 350 8584 -27.4 -36.6 41 9.2 -28.7 280 26 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.47 15 300 9673 -36.3 -43.7 47 7.4 -37.0 272 31 334.2 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.27 16 250 10909 -46.6 -52.3 52 5.7 -46.8 274 36 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.12 17 200 12355 -55.7 -63.0 40 7.3 -55.8 292 49 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14157 -59.9 -73.0 17 13.1 -60.1 292 31 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -60.4 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.7 248 8 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.19 m Freezing level: 566.57 mb = 4938.34 m = 16201.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3876.16 m = 12716.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.97 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.06 mb = 2083.51 m = 6835.57 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 31.62 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.56 mb = 3221.84 m = 10570.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.74 C = 105.32 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: -7.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3111.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.00 mb = 2236.33 m = 7336.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.00 mb = 3966.43 m = 13013.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.00 mb = 13447.19 m = 44117.53 ft B at Equ Level: 3096.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 208.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.87 Bulk Rich Number: 29.70 Bulk Shear: 104.75 m/s