MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.43,-98.86 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 952 507 25.0 20.6 77 4.3 21.9 143 20 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.4 16.26 2 950 527 25.0 20.2 75 4.8 21.5 145 23 302.5 305.5 296.5 349.4 15.85 3 900 1000 22.0 18.5 81 3.5 19.5 157 42 304.2 307.0 296.4 349.0 15.07 4 850 1500 23.5 16.5 65 7.0 18.6 192 42 310.8 313.5 297.4 353.8 14.04 5 800 2030 21.7 12.3 55 9.4 15.4 220 37 314.3 316.5 296.5 349.4 11.32 6 750 2586 17.5 8.4 55 9.1 11.7 240 35 315.6 317.4 295.4 344.7 9.29 7 700 3172 12.9 3.3 52 9.7 7.3 259 34 316.8 318.2 294.0 338.8 6.94 8 650 3790 9.2 -11.4 22 20.6 0.1 273 32 319.4 319.8 291.0 327.5 2.46 9 600 4446 4.2 -17.3 19 21.5 -3.9 275 35 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.64 10 550 5146 -1.7 -19.3 25 17.6 -7.8 280 33 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.2 1.51 11 500 5895 -7.9 -22.0 31 14.1 -12.2 281 30 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.0 1.31 12 450 6703 -14.3 -26.9 34 12.5 -17.4 278 28 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.6 0.94 13 400 7585 -20.2 -36.7 22 16.4 -23.0 278 31 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.41 14 350 8560 -27.6 -39.1 32 11.6 -29.2 285 32 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 15 300 9648 -36.3 -46.5 34 10.2 -37.2 283 29 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 16 250 10885 -46.5 -55.0 37 8.5 -46.8 268 27 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12334 -54.5 -62.1 39 7.6 -54.7 268 29 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.04 18 150 14159 -58.0 -77.4 7 19.4 -58.2 263 19 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16693 -60.1 -84.3 3 24.2 -60.3 224 15 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.08 m Freezing level: 564.54 mb = 4942.19 m = 16214.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.31 mb = 3811.01 m = 12503.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.02 % Est. max temperature: 36.62 C = 97.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.87 mb = 1059.85 m = 3477.16 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 27.20 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2905.89 m = 9533.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.73 C = 101.72 F Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1976.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 348.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.56 mb = 1587.15 m = 5207.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.56 mb = 4357.04 m = 14294.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.56 mb = 12775.44 m = 41913.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1956.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.56 mb = 15735.16 m = 51623.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 762.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 762.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 254.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.7 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.87 Bulk Rich Number: 6.23 Bulk Shear: 317.10 m/s