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: 43.51,-98.18 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -98.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 960 444 26.1 21.8 77 4.3 23.0 140 18 302.8 306.0 297.5 354.3 17.37 2 950 532 26.1 21.0 74 5.1 22.4 142 28 303.7 306.8 297.3 353.3 16.71 3 900 1009 24.7 18.8 70 5.9 20.5 161 41 306.9 309.8 297.3 353.1 15.33 4 850 1510 23.3 15.8 63 7.6 18.1 187 42 310.6 313.1 297.0 351.5 13.39 5 800 2039 21.5 13.4 60 8.1 16.0 223 37 314.0 316.4 297.0 351.7 12.15 6 750 2595 17.4 8.4 55 9.0 11.7 235 35 315.5 317.3 295.4 344.5 9.27 7 700 3181 13.2 -0.1 40 13.3 5.9 256 25 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.5 5.44 8 650 3798 8.8 -9.5 26 18.3 0.5 279 26 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.4 2.86 9 600 4454 3.8 -15.5 23 19.2 -3.8 275 31 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.9 1.91 10 550 5153 -1.8 -19.6 24 17.8 -7.9 268 33 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.47 11 500 5902 -8.3 -19.8 39 11.6 -12.0 262 39 322.9 323.3 291.3 328.4 1.58 12 450 6708 -15.5 -21.1 62 5.6 -17.1 266 38 323.7 324.1 291.5 329.2 1.58 13 400 7585 -21.8 -26.5 66 4.7 -22.8 276 33 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.6 1.10 14 350 8556 -28.3 -34.8 54 6.5 -29.3 274 37 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.8 0.57 15 300 9641 -37.2 -40.2 74 2.9 -37.5 251 32 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10874 -46.0 -52.6 48 6.5 -46.3 248 26 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.12 17 200 12336 -52.1 -63.1 25 11.0 -52.4 258 23 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.04 18 150 14162 -58.4 -76.2 8 17.9 -58.6 248 29 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16692 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 213 22 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.11 m Freezing level: 566.06 mb = 4928.69 m = 16170.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.29 mb = 3870.79 m = 12699.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.91 % Est. max temperature: 36.53 C = 97.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.08 mb = 998.05 m = 3274.41 ft T: 24.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 24.75 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2848.78 m = 9346.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.37 C = 102.86 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2464.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.28 mb = 1673.04 m = 5488.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.28 mb = 3934.70 m = 12908.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.28 mb = 12685.66 m = 41619.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2451.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 696.1 neg: -5.2 tot: 690.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.8 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.60 Bulk Rich Number: 8.58 Bulk Shear: 287.36 m/s