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: 44.67,-98 Latitude: 44.67 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 91 SFC 963 420 23.3 20.0 82 3.3 21.0 145 19 299.7 302.5 295.5 345.0 15.50 2 950 536 22.3 19.1 82 3.2 20.1 146 31 299.8 302.5 295.1 343.1 14.80 3 900 1005 19.9 18.0 89 1.9 18.6 161 45 302.0 304.7 295.6 345.1 14.60 4 850 1502 22.1 16.5 71 5.6 18.2 198 47 309.3 312.0 297.1 352.1 14.06 5 800 2029 20.8 12.4 59 8.4 15.1 229 37 313.3 315.5 296.3 348.4 11.36 6 750 2584 16.5 8.5 59 8.0 11.4 243 32 314.5 316.3 295.2 343.6 9.34 7 700 3167 11.8 3.7 58 8.1 7.1 257 28 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.1 7.16 8 650 3783 8.3 -8.1 30 16.4 0.7 273 23 318.4 319.0 291.4 328.8 3.19 9 600 4438 3.3 -15.5 24 18.9 -4.0 271 27 320.0 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.90 10 550 5135 -2.4 -17.3 31 15.0 -7.7 270 33 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.4 1.79 11 500 5883 -8.4 -20.4 37 12.0 -12.2 271 32 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.0 1.51 12 450 6690 -14.9 -23.7 47 8.8 -17.3 267 31 324.5 324.8 291.4 328.9 1.26 13 400 7569 -21.7 -27.5 60 5.8 -22.9 272 34 326.8 327.0 291.8 330.4 1.00 14 350 8539 -28.6 -39.5 34 10.9 -30.0 278 30 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.6 0.36 15 300 9623 -37.5 -43.6 53 6.1 -38.1 257 32 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.27 16 250 10857 -45.7 -54.4 37 8.7 -46.1 240 30 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.09 17 200 12314 -54.1 -61.6 40 7.4 -54.3 217 26 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14144 -56.4 -77.4 5 21.0 -56.7 251 32 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -60.3 -84.2 3 23.9 -60.6 212 16 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.82 m Freezing level: 570.69 mb = 4846.62 m = 15900.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.91 mb = 3872.59 m = 12705.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.38 % Est. max temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.75 mb = 835.59 m = 2741.42 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 25.70 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.45 mb = 2795.53 m = 9171.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.36 C = 101.05 F Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 38.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1385.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 393.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.63 mb = 1263.32 m = 4144.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.63 mb = 4591.06 m = 15062.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.63 mb = 12038.25 m = 39495.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1381.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.63 mb = 15110.13 m = 49573.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 793.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 793.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 264.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.0 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.80 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 290.16 m/s