MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.85,-97.21 Latitude: 43.85 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 954 482 29.6 24.1 72 5.5 25.4 143 9 306.9 310.7 300.2 368.0 20.22 2 950 515 29.8 23.2 68 6.6 24.9 143 11 307.4 311.0 299.7 365.4 19.16 3 900 997 26.4 20.0 68 6.4 21.7 166 19 308.7 311.8 298.5 358.8 16.53 4 850 1502 26.0 13.1 45 12.9 17.2 198 25 313.4 315.5 296.2 348.0 11.20 5 800 2036 25.7 2.1 22 23.5 11.9 200 23 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.4 5.59 6 750 2598 21.9 -7.2 14 29.1 7.3 204 18 320.4 320.9 291.7 330.2 2.97 7 700 3190 16.8 -7.4 18 24.2 4.8 230 16 321.1 321.8 292.1 331.5 3.13 8 650 3814 11.1 -6.0 30 17.1 2.5 251 17 321.5 322.3 292.7 333.9 3.76 9 600 4475 5.2 -11.4 29 16.6 -2.1 264 16 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.0 2.66 10 550 5176 -1.4 -14.8 35 13.5 -6.6 269 14 322.5 322.9 291.7 329.9 2.20 11 500 5926 -8.0 -16.6 50 8.6 -11.0 278 16 323.3 323.8 291.8 330.5 2.09 12 450 6735 -14.0 -17.4 75 3.4 -15.1 286 28 325.7 326.1 292.6 333.1 2.17 13 400 7621 -19.0 -29.4 39 10.4 -21.3 288 31 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.84 14 350 8600 -26.4 -37.9 33 11.6 -28.1 283 29 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.8 0.42 15 300 9693 -35.4 -43.3 44 7.9 -36.1 285 32 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.6 0.28 16 250 10936 -45.6 -48.6 71 3.0 -45.7 284 37 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.19 17 200 12388 -55.1 -65.2 28 10.1 -55.3 284 43 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14195 -61.1 -77.6 10 16.5 -61.3 278 38 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16684 -62.3 -84.1 4 21.8 -62.5 283 10 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.98 m Freezing level: 560.50 mb = 5028.83 m = 16498.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.57 mb = 4169.97 m = 13680.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.61 % Est. max temperature: 40.70 C = 105.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.17 mb = 1183.91 m = 3884.18 ft T: 26.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km ThetaE index: 37.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.64 mb = 3364.66 m = 11038.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.77 C = 110.79 F Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lifted Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 22.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3113.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 437.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.22 mb = 1956.61 m = 6419.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.22 mb = 4174.60 m = 13696.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.22 mb = 13702.90 m = 44956.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3098.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -10.3 tot: 151.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 59.14 Bulk Shear: 52.65 m/s