MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.69,-98.58 Latitude: 43.69 Longitude: -98.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 955 482 25.5 20.9 76 4.6 22.2 129 19 302.5 305.6 296.9 351.3 16.47 2 950 532 25.2 20.4 75 4.8 21.8 131 25 302.8 305.8 296.7 350.5 16.13 3 900 1006 23.6 19.0 75 4.7 20.3 155 39 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.4 15.51 4 850 1507 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.4 183 39 309.5 312.1 297.3 352.8 14.25 5 800 2032 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.1 204 38 311.4 313.9 297.1 352.1 13.29 6 750 2584 14.6 12.6 88 2.0 13.3 217 38 312.4 314.8 296.7 350.4 12.34 7 700 3167 12.3 5.1 62 7.2 8.0 241 27 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.0 7.92 8 650 3785 9.6 -11.6 21 21.2 0.3 282 25 319.8 320.2 291.1 327.8 2.41 9 600 4442 4.5 -17.7 18 22.2 -3.8 268 31 321.3 321.6 290.8 326.7 1.59 10 550 5143 -1.3 -20.2 22 18.9 -7.8 261 34 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.39 11 500 5893 -8.0 -21.1 34 13.1 -12.1 259 37 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.2 1.42 12 450 6699 -15.4 -21.4 60 6.0 -17.1 264 42 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.53 13 400 7576 -22.7 -25.0 81 2.4 -23.2 270 45 325.5 325.8 291.7 329.9 1.25 14 350 8543 -28.7 -30.5 85 1.7 -29.0 263 39 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.87 15 300 9630 -36.0 -42.6 51 6.5 -36.7 251 37 334.6 334.6 293.3 335.7 0.30 16 250 10870 -45.6 -51.9 49 6.3 -45.9 208 25 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.13 17 200 12326 -53.8 -63.6 29 9.8 -54.0 234 23 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14147 -57.5 -77.2 6 19.7 -57.8 240 34 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16690 -60.4 -84.3 3 23.9 -60.7 192 15 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.62 m Freezing level: 561.31 mb = 4984.40 m = 16352.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3824.43 m = 12547.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.61 mb = 1068.71 m = 3506.23 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.06 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2353.69 m = 7721.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 39.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2297.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.25 mb = 1586.11 m = 5203.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.25 mb = 4209.69 m = 13811.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.25 mb = 12742.89 m = 41806.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2285.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.25 mb = 16251.19 m = 53316.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 648.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 642.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.24 Bulk Shear: 278.74 m/s