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: 43.45,-98.25 Latitude: 43.45 Longitude: -98.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 958 455 27.4 21.8 72 5.6 23.3 143 18 304.2 307.4 297.9 356.0 17.39 2 950 531 27.4 21.0 68 6.5 22.8 144 26 305.0 308.1 297.7 354.9 16.68 3 900 1009 25.4 18.6 66 6.7 20.6 161 40 307.6 310.5 297.4 353.5 15.19 4 850 1511 23.7 15.8 61 7.9 18.2 187 41 310.9 313.5 297.0 351.9 13.38 5 800 2040 21.5 13.2 59 8.3 15.9 221 35 314.1 316.4 297.0 351.4 12.04 6 750 2596 17.4 8.8 57 8.5 11.9 232 34 315.4 317.3 295.6 345.3 9.54 7 700 3181 12.9 2.1 48 10.8 6.7 250 26 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.1 6.39 8 650 3799 8.6 -8.2 29 16.9 0.8 277 26 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.1 3.16 9 600 4455 3.8 -15.7 23 19.5 -3.8 275 31 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.8 1.87 10 550 5154 -1.7 -20.1 23 18.4 -7.9 267 34 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.9 1.41 11 500 5903 -8.2 -20.2 37 12.0 -12.1 261 39 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.3 1.54 12 450 6709 -15.4 -21.6 59 6.2 -17.2 267 38 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.1 1.51 13 400 7587 -21.6 -27.4 59 5.9 -22.9 278 32 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.6 1.01 14 350 8558 -28.3 -35.1 52 6.8 -29.3 274 35 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.55 15 300 9642 -37.4 -40.3 74 3.0 -37.7 254 30 332.7 332.7 292.8 334.1 0.38 16 250 10874 -46.4 -53.0 47 6.5 -46.7 251 26 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.11 17 200 12335 -52.1 -63.9 23 11.8 -52.4 260 26 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.04 18 150 14164 -58.2 -76.4 8 18.2 -58.4 247 28 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.6 -60.9 213 21 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.45 m Freezing level: 565.48 mb = 4937.26 m = 16198.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.56 mb = 3906.06 m = 12815.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.14 % Est. max temperature: 36.61 C = 97.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.61 mb = 1170.18 m = 3839.13 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2840.63 m = 9319.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.02 C = 102.23 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: -6.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2596.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.72 mb = 1806.15 m = 5925.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.72 mb = 3840.36 m = 12599.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.72 mb = 12771.51 m = 41900.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2581.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 617.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 612.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 204.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.88 Bulk Rich Number: 9.82 Bulk Shear: 264.41 m/s