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: 43.36,-97.84 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 962 429 25.0 21.7 82 3.3 22.6 133 18 301.4 304.6 297.1 352.2 17.22 2 950 540 24.8 20.7 78 4.1 21.9 135 29 302.4 305.4 296.8 351.0 16.44 3 900 1015 23.9 18.5 72 5.5 20.1 159 41 306.1 308.9 296.9 351.2 15.01 4 850 1515 22.6 15.4 64 7.2 17.6 185 44 309.8 312.3 296.5 349.5 13.03 5 800 2042 20.7 13.6 64 7.0 15.9 219 39 313.2 315.5 296.9 351.3 12.36 6 750 2598 17.4 9.4 60 7.9 12.3 238 37 315.4 317.4 295.8 346.5 9.95 7 700 3183 13.3 1.7 45 11.6 6.7 255 29 317.2 318.4 293.6 336.9 6.20 8 650 3802 8.9 -9.8 26 18.7 0.4 273 25 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.3 2.80 9 600 4458 3.8 -14.8 24 18.6 -3.6 274 28 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.3 2.02 10 550 5156 -1.9 -18.2 28 16.3 -7.7 269 31 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.5 1.66 11 500 5905 -8.4 -19.0 42 10.6 -11.9 266 35 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.71 12 450 6711 -15.6 -19.8 70 4.3 -16.9 269 37 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.7 1.76 13 400 7587 -22.2 -23.9 86 1.7 -22.7 276 34 326.1 326.4 292.0 330.9 1.38 14 350 8557 -28.1 -31.9 70 3.7 -28.8 276 35 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.6 0.76 15 300 9643 -36.7 -38.5 83 1.9 -36.9 253 31 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.4 0.46 16 250 10880 -45.6 -50.8 56 5.2 -45.9 238 24 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.14 17 200 12343 -52.5 -61.7 32 9.2 -52.7 250 21 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14163 -58.5 -76.3 8 17.8 -58.7 252 32 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -60.5 -84.1 3 23.7 -60.7 214 21 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.87 m Freezing level: 566.80 mb = 4921.53 m = 16146.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.68 mb = 3868.90 m = 12693.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 35.77 C = 96.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.42 mb = 846.29 m = 2776.51 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.98 C/km ThetaE index: 24.01 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2894.71 m = 9496.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.74 C = 103.52 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2132.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.04 mb = 1565.84 m = 5137.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.04 mb = 4188.27 m = 13740.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.04 mb = 12666.00 m = 41554.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2108.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.04 mb = 16097.24 m = 52811.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 802.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 802.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 267.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.7 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.38 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 297.66 m/s