MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.29,-98.86 Latitude: 43.29 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 96 SFC 953 519 31.0 22.7 61 8.3 24.8 121 8 308.3 311.8 299.5 364.4 18.49 2 950 547 31.0 21.6 57 9.4 24.0 124 10 308.7 311.9 299.0 361.3 17.33 3 900 1030 27.1 19.0 61 8.0 21.3 149 14 309.4 312.4 298.1 356.8 15.59 4 850 1533 22.8 17.6 73 5.2 19.1 177 15 310.0 312.9 297.9 356.1 15.10 5 800 2059 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 16.8 199 18 310.6 313.4 297.7 355.3 14.61 6 750 2612 18.7 2.3 33 16.4 9.2 225 21 316.9 318.1 293.3 336.1 6.03 7 700 3202 16.1 -8.4 18 24.5 4.3 243 16 320.3 320.9 291.7 329.9 2.89 8 650 3824 10.8 -11.1 20 22.0 1.0 259 16 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.51 9 600 4484 5.0 -14.9 22 19.9 -3.1 259 20 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.00 10 550 5185 -1.5 -15.9 33 14.4 -7.0 257 26 322.3 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.01 11 500 5934 -8.4 -17.2 49 8.8 -11.5 254 29 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.98 12 450 6741 -14.4 -24.6 42 10.2 -17.1 270 28 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.2 1.16 13 400 7624 -19.9 -30.4 39 10.4 -22.1 291 26 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.9 0.76 14 350 8600 -27.1 -38.2 34 11.1 -28.7 301 26 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.40 15 300 9691 -36.0 -45.4 37 9.4 -36.8 296 36 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.22 16 250 10930 -45.4 -56.5 28 11.1 -45.9 296 38 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12383 -55.9 -63.6 37 7.8 -56.1 298 44 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14178 -62.1 -72.4 24 10.2 -62.3 297 33 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16699 -61.6 -83.7 4 22.1 -61.9 266 8 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.34 m Freezing level: 561.87 mb = 5018.27 m = 16463.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.07 mb = 3977.02 m = 13047.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.50 mb = 1579.36 m = 5181.57 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 35.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.60 mb = 3303.13 m = 10836.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.97 C = 109.34 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -8.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 24.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3225.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.03 mb = 1993.92 m = 6541.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.03 mb = 4068.45 m = 13347.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.03 mb = 13734.93 m = 45061.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3218.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 154.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.01 Bulk Rich Number: 38.40 Bulk Shear: 84.00 m/s