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: 43.83,-98.64 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -98.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 955 481 27.8 21.7 69 6.1 23.3 140 18 305.0 308.2 298.1 356.8 17.35 2 950 523 27.5 21.3 69 6.2 23.0 142 22 305.1 308.3 297.9 356.0 17.02 3 900 1001 25.3 19.1 69 6.2 20.8 159 38 307.5 310.5 297.6 354.7 15.63 4 850 1505 24.9 15.4 56 9.5 18.3 191 38 312.3 314.7 297.1 352.4 13.07 5 800 2035 22.2 10.5 48 11.7 14.6 215 31 314.8 316.7 295.8 346.1 10.04 6 750 2592 17.6 7.1 50 10.5 11.0 230 29 315.7 317.3 294.8 342.2 8.47 7 700 3177 12.7 3.1 52 9.6 7.1 248 27 316.5 317.8 293.9 338.2 6.85 8 650 3794 8.3 -7.4 32 15.7 0.8 277 27 318.3 319.0 291.5 329.3 3.36 9 600 4449 3.7 -16.4 21 20.1 -4.0 273 33 320.4 320.7 290.7 326.4 1.77 10 550 5147 -2.1 -20.0 24 18.0 -8.1 268 36 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.5 1.42 11 500 5896 -8.2 -23.3 29 15.1 -12.6 267 35 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.1 1.17 12 450 6703 -14.9 -26.3 37 11.4 -17.7 269 34 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.0 0.99 13 400 7582 -21.5 -30.5 44 9.0 -23.3 274 32 327.1 327.2 291.7 329.8 0.76 14 350 8552 -28.7 -41.5 28 12.8 -30.2 280 32 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.29 15 300 9635 -37.7 -45.7 43 7.9 -38.4 266 27 332.2 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10866 -46.8 -55.6 36 8.8 -47.1 285 29 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12323 -52.4 -64.7 21 12.3 -52.7 267 27 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14156 -57.8 -76.8 7 18.9 -58.1 241 28 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.1 -60.4 212 16 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.06 m Freezing level: 567.98 mb = 4896.07 m = 16063.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.36 mb = 3903.21 m = 12805.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.93 % Est. max temperature: 37.28 C = 99.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.84 mb = 1260.94 m = 4136.89 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 30.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.79 mb = 2823.50 m = 9263.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.70 C = 101.67 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2820.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 250.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.71 mb = 1843.58 m = 6048.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.71 mb = 3507.78 m = 11508.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.71 mb = 12899.10 m = 42319.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2802.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 538.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 538.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.11 Bulk Rich Number: 11.22 Bulk Shear: 251.31 m/s