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: 43.37,-98 Latitude: 43.37 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 429 25.5 21.8 80 3.7 22.9 135 17 302.0 305.2 297.4 353.3 17.38 2 950 537 25.3 21.0 77 4.4 22.2 138 28 302.9 306.0 297.1 352.2 16.65 3 900 1012 24.3 18.8 72 5.4 20.4 160 40 306.5 309.4 297.3 352.8 15.39 4 850 1513 22.8 15.4 63 7.4 17.7 184 43 310.1 312.5 296.6 350.0 13.08 5 800 2041 20.9 13.9 64 7.1 16.1 219 39 313.5 315.9 297.1 352.3 12.57 6 750 2597 17.3 9.7 61 7.7 12.4 237 37 315.4 317.3 296.0 347.0 10.11 7 700 3182 13.3 1.5 45 11.8 6.6 256 28 317.2 318.4 293.5 336.7 6.11 8 650 3801 9.0 -10.3 24 19.3 0.3 277 25 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.0 2.68 9 600 4457 3.8 -15.3 23 19.1 -3.7 274 28 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.94 10 550 5156 -1.9 -19.0 26 17.2 -7.8 268 31 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.54 11 500 5904 -8.4 -19.2 41 10.8 -12.0 265 35 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.67 12 450 6710 -15.6 -20.0 69 4.4 -16.9 267 38 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.73 13 400 7586 -22.0 -24.6 80 2.6 -22.7 278 34 326.4 326.6 292.0 330.9 1.30 14 350 8557 -28.0 -33.2 61 5.2 -28.9 276 35 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.4 0.66 15 300 9643 -36.8 -39.0 80 2.2 -37.0 249 31 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.2 0.44 16 250 10878 -45.9 -52.1 49 6.2 -46.2 245 25 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.12 17 200 12342 -52.2 -62.9 26 10.8 -52.5 258 22 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.04 18 150 14164 -59.0 -76.0 9 17.0 -59.2 250 30 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16692 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 213 23 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.61 m Freezing level: 566.39 mb = 4926.50 m = 16162.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3850.25 m = 12631.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.02 % Est. max temperature: 36.03 C = 96.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.99 mb = 895.76 m = 2938.80 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 25.21 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2841.24 m = 9321.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.51 C = 103.12 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.13 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2328.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.97 mb = 1585.48 m = 5201.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.97 mb = 4083.26 m = 13396.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.97 mb = 12734.92 m = 41780.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2307.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.97 mb = 16214.46 m = 53196.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 773.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 772.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 257.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.6 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.95 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 286.50 m/s