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,-99.14 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -99.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 544 SFC 949 550 31.5 22.2 58 9.3 24.6 119 8 309.2 312.6 299.5 364.0 18.00 3 900 1027 27.8 18.6 57 9.2 21.2 145 14 310.2 313.1 298.0 356.4 15.14 4 850 1532 23.5 17.1 67 6.4 19.0 174 15 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.5 14.62 5 800 2059 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.8 195 17 311.2 313.9 297.7 355.1 14.34 6 750 2612 17.9 5.6 45 12.2 10.4 225 20 316.0 317.5 294.3 340.1 7.65 7 700 3201 16.2 -8.9 17 25.1 4.2 254 15 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.6 2.78 8 650 3824 10.9 -13.1 17 24.0 0.5 266 16 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.5 2.15 9 600 4483 5.0 -15.8 21 20.8 -3.3 262 21 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.86 10 550 5184 -1.5 -15.8 33 14.2 -7.0 256 27 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.03 11 500 5933 -8.3 -17.7 47 9.4 -11.5 254 29 322.9 323.3 291.5 329.4 1.90 12 450 6741 -14.2 -24.6 41 10.4 -17.0 270 27 325.3 325.6 291.5 329.4 1.15 13 400 7624 -19.8 -30.5 38 10.7 -22.1 290 26 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.75 14 350 8600 -27.1 -37.7 36 10.6 -28.6 299 26 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.8 0.42 15 300 9691 -36.0 -45.1 39 9.1 -36.8 293 35 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.23 16 250 10930 -45.4 -56.1 29 10.7 -45.9 294 39 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.08 17 200 12384 -55.7 -64.0 35 8.2 -55.9 298 45 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14179 -62.0 -72.4 24 10.3 -62.1 297 33 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16699 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.8 275 7 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.52 m Freezing level: 561.88 mb = 5017.40 m = 16461.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3915.18 m = 12844.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.07 mb = 1738.02 m = 5702.10 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 35.80 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.60 mb = 3351.04 m = 10994.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.74 C = 108.93 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: -7.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 23.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3216.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.23 mb = 2120.64 m = 6957.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.23 mb = 4091.11 m = 13422.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.23 mb = 13806.12 m = 45295.10 ft B at Equ Level: 3200.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 160.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.09 Bulk Rich Number: 37.17 Bulk Shear: 86.54 m/s