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: 43.83,-101.07 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -101.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 520 SFC 932 685 29.3 19.6 56 9.7 22.3 20 11 308.6 311.5 297.8 355.7 15.55 3 900 999 25.5 18.6 65 7.0 20.6 17 13 307.8 310.7 297.4 353.5 15.13 4 850 1500 22.1 16.8 72 5.3 18.4 350 7 309.3 311.9 297.2 352.6 14.27 5 800 2026 21.2 8.7 45 12.5 13.2 285 12 313.7 315.4 294.6 341.2 8.84 6 750 2583 19.2 -1.1 25 20.3 8.0 278 22 317.4 318.3 292.4 332.4 4.69 7 700 3170 14.2 -4.4 27 18.6 4.6 269 25 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.0 3.94 8 650 3789 8.7 -7.5 31 16.2 1.0 268 26 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.7 3.33 9 600 4444 3.1 -12.6 31 15.7 -3.4 270 27 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.7 2.42 10 550 5141 -2.1 -20.0 24 17.9 -8.2 275 31 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.4 1.42 11 500 5889 -8.3 -23.4 28 15.2 -12.7 278 31 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.16 12 450 6697 -14.4 -27.5 32 13.1 -17.6 279 29 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.89 13 400 7578 -20.7 -32.4 34 11.6 -23.0 273 27 328.0 328.2 291.8 330.3 0.63 14 350 8551 -28.3 -35.2 51 6.9 -29.4 271 31 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.6 0.54 15 300 9635 -37.5 -40.6 73 3.1 -37.8 274 37 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.37 16 250 10866 -47.1 -51.1 64 4.0 -47.3 273 44 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.14 17 200 12320 -52.7 -67.3 15 14.6 -53.0 274 39 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14149 -58.5 -76.0 9 17.5 -58.7 279 24 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16684 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 218 18 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.98 m Freezing level: 570.50 mb = 4855.10 m = 15928.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.59 mb = 3933.58 m = 12905.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.17 % Est. max temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.81 mb = 1920.37 m = 6300.34 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 29.25 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.02 mb = 3181.73 m = 10438.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.78 C = 101.80 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2508.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.11 mb = 2057.42 m = 6749.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.11 mb = 3888.61 m = 12757.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.11 mb = 12915.35 m = 42372.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2479.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -10.2 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 24.88 Bulk Shear: 100.84 m/s