MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-96.66 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 953 473 31.7 21.5 55 10.1 24.2 176 14 309.1 312.3 299.0 361.4 17.23 2 950 498 32.0 20.8 52 11.2 23.8 176 16 309.6 312.7 298.7 359.8 16.48 3 900 983 29.0 17.4 50 11.5 20.8 184 31 311.4 314.0 297.5 354.4 14.05 4 850 1490 26.1 13.4 46 12.7 17.5 200 40 313.5 315.7 296.4 348.9 11.46 5 800 2021 23.2 9.3 41 13.8 14.2 212 38 315.9 317.6 295.5 344.9 9.26 6 750 2582 21.7 -0.1 23 21.8 9.3 228 30 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.5 5.07 7 700 3175 17.1 -3.4 24 20.5 6.2 234 26 321.4 322.2 293.2 335.3 4.24 8 650 3800 11.5 -5.1 31 16.7 3.0 240 24 322.0 322.8 293.1 335.2 4.02 9 600 4462 5.6 -7.2 39 12.8 -0.6 246 22 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.8 3.71 10 550 5165 -0.9 -8.9 55 8.0 -4.6 251 23 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.7 3.54 11 500 5916 -7.7 -10.8 78 3.1 -9.0 256 24 323.7 324.3 293.0 334.9 3.36 12 450 6727 -13.7 -14.9 90 1.3 -14.1 263 29 326.1 326.6 293.1 335.1 2.67 13 400 7611 -20.2 -28.3 48 8.1 -22.0 272 25 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.1 0.93 14 350 8587 -27.1 -45.8 15 18.7 -29.2 260 16 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9676 -36.4 -49.3 25 12.9 -37.4 265 16 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.14 16 250 10912 -46.5 -54.4 40 7.9 -46.9 270 12 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.09 17 200 12359 -56.9 -62.4 49 5.6 -57.0 311 12 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14143 -61.0 -73.0 19 12.0 -61.1 284 23 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16669 -61.1 -83.7 3 22.6 -61.3 246 12 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.57 m Freezing level: 557.16 mb = 5064.17 m = 16614.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.92 mb = 4353.30 m = 14282.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.23 % Est. max temperature: 38.23 C = 100.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.12 mb = 1771.70 m = 5812.59 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 26.73 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.06 mb = 3670.58 m = 12042.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.31 C = 111.76 F Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 26.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 510.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2732.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 413.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.79 mb = 2446.76 m = 8027.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.79 mb = 4368.63 m = 14332.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.79 mb = 13484.61 m = 44240.32 ft B at Equ Level: 2709.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 292.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.00 Bulk Rich Number: 48.50 Bulk Shear: 56.34 m/s