MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.30,-97.98 Latitude: 43.30 Longitude: -97.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 961 434 26.2 21.9 77 4.3 23.0 135 17 302.8 306.0 297.6 354.4 17.45 2 950 537 26.1 21.0 73 5.1 22.4 138 27 303.6 306.7 297.3 353.2 16.67 3 900 1013 24.6 18.7 70 5.8 20.4 159 39 306.8 309.7 297.3 352.9 15.29 4 850 1515 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.7 183 43 310.1 312.6 296.6 349.8 12.99 5 800 2042 20.8 13.8 64 7.0 16.0 216 39 313.3 315.7 297.1 351.9 12.51 6 750 2598 17.2 10.2 63 7.0 12.7 236 37 315.3 317.3 296.2 348.0 10.50 7 700 3183 13.1 3.6 53 9.5 7.5 253 29 316.9 318.3 294.1 339.4 7.09 8 650 3801 8.9 -9.6 26 18.5 0.5 275 25 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.4 2.84 9 600 4457 3.8 -15.5 23 19.3 -3.7 274 28 320.6 320.9 290.9 327.0 1.91 10 550 5156 -1.8 -19.2 25 17.5 -7.8 267 31 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.2 1.52 11 500 5905 -8.4 -19.4 41 11.0 -12.0 265 35 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.65 12 450 6711 -15.5 -20.2 67 4.7 -16.9 269 38 323.7 324.1 291.6 329.6 1.70 13 400 7588 -22.0 -24.6 79 2.6 -22.6 279 32 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.30 14 350 8559 -28.0 -33.0 62 5.0 -28.9 277 34 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.5 0.68 15 300 9645 -36.8 -38.9 81 2.0 -37.0 251 29 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.2 0.44 16 250 10880 -46.1 -52.3 50 6.1 -46.4 246 24 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.12 17 200 12342 -52.2 -63.3 25 11.1 -52.5 259 23 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.04 18 150 14165 -58.9 -76.1 9 17.1 -59.2 250 30 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.9 -84.1 3 23.2 -61.2 213 22 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.97 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4934.47 m = 16189.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.21 mb = 3874.68 m = 12712.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.78 % Est. max temperature: 35.91 C = 96.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.95 mb = 984.53 m = 3230.05 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 24.92 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2826.36 m = 9272.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.26 C = 102.66 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 572.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2384.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.57 mb = 1653.12 m = 5423.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.57 mb = 4037.11 m = 13244.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.57 mb = 12615.41 m = 41388.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2377.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 740.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 740.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.65 Bulk Rich Number: 8.77 Bulk Shear: 272.02 m/s