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: 43.49,-98.40 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -98.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 956 474 28.9 21.6 65 7.2 23.6 148 19 306.0 309.2 298.2 357.8 17.26 2 950 527 29.1 20.8 61 8.3 23.0 149 25 306.7 309.8 298.0 356.4 16.51 3 900 1007 26.2 18.4 63 7.7 20.6 161 39 308.5 311.3 297.5 353.9 15.00 4 850 1510 24.2 16.0 60 8.2 18.4 188 39 311.5 314.1 297.3 353.0 13.54 5 800 2040 21.8 12.7 56 9.2 15.7 219 33 314.4 316.6 296.7 350.4 11.59 6 750 2596 17.3 8.4 56 8.9 11.7 228 32 315.4 317.2 295.4 344.4 9.28 7 700 3181 12.5 3.2 53 9.3 7.1 245 26 316.3 317.7 293.9 338.2 6.91 8 650 3798 8.4 -7.1 33 15.5 1.0 278 27 318.5 319.2 291.6 329.7 3.45 9 600 4453 3.7 -16.2 22 20.0 -4.0 275 33 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.5 1.79 10 550 5153 -1.5 -21.2 21 19.8 -8.0 266 35 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.8 1.28 11 500 5902 -8.0 -21.0 35 12.9 -12.1 259 41 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.2 1.44 12 450 6709 -15.2 -23.1 51 7.8 -17.4 267 37 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.7 1.33 13 400 7588 -21.2 -29.9 46 8.6 -23.0 278 30 327.4 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.80 14 350 8559 -28.5 -36.4 46 8.0 -29.6 274 35 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.2 0.48 15 300 9642 -37.8 -41.2 70 3.4 -38.1 258 30 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.34 16 250 10872 -46.9 -53.7 46 6.8 -47.2 255 27 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 17 200 12330 -52.0 -65.0 19 13.0 -52.3 262 28 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14164 -57.7 -76.8 7 19.1 -57.9 245 27 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.6 -84.1 3 23.5 -60.9 211 19 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.81 m Freezing level: 564.17 mb = 4954.40 m = 16254.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.80 mb = 3927.36 m = 12884.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.06 % Est. max temperature: 36.89 C = 98.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.57 mb = 1401.17 m = 4596.95 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 31.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.42 mb = 2843.74 m = 9329.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.59 C = 101.46 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 38.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2740.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.87 mb = 1975.86 m = 6482.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.87 mb = 3534.76 m = 11596.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.87 mb = 12971.34 m = 42556.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2708.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 522.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 519.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.79 Bulk Rich Number: 10.95 Bulk Shear: 250.23 m/s