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: 44.52,-99.49 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 485 SFC 941 575 34.0 20.3 45 13.7 23.9 126 11 312.6 315.6 299.1 362.2 16.10 3 900 973 31.2 17.7 45 13.4 21.5 140 21 313.6 316.4 298.3 357.9 14.33 4 850 1483 26.8 16.3 52 10.6 19.4 159 22 314.2 316.9 298.1 357.0 13.81 5 800 2016 23.0 13.6 55 9.4 16.5 189 25 315.7 318.1 297.5 354.2 12.33 6 750 2577 21.6 2.3 28 19.2 10.2 208 24 320.0 321.2 294.2 339.4 6.05 7 700 3171 18.2 -9.3 15 27.5 4.9 219 19 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.7 2.70 8 650 3797 12.3 -10.4 19 22.7 1.8 228 19 322.9 323.4 292.2 331.8 2.66 9 600 4460 6.0 -11.6 27 17.6 -1.7 235 20 323.0 323.6 292.2 331.8 2.62 10 550 5163 -0.7 -11.8 43 11.1 -5.4 239 20 323.2 323.8 292.4 332.7 2.81 11 500 5915 -7.6 -13.5 62 5.9 -9.9 242 24 323.8 324.3 292.5 332.9 2.69 12 450 6725 -13.7 -19.3 63 5.5 -15.5 255 31 326.0 326.3 292.3 332.3 1.85 13 400 7610 -19.7 -28.8 44 9.1 -21.7 266 36 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.6 0.89 14 350 8587 -27.0 -39.2 31 12.2 -28.7 269 39 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 15 300 9677 -36.2 -42.3 53 6.1 -36.8 270 44 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.31 16 250 10915 -46.0 -50.5 60 4.6 -46.2 267 47 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.3 0.15 17 200 12368 -54.7 -66.1 23 11.5 -54.9 274 61 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14183 -61.1 -77.7 9 16.6 -61.3 256 42 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16675 -62.3 -84.2 4 21.9 -62.5 295 16 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.78 m Freezing level: 555.32 mb = 5088.17 m = 16693.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.72 mb = 4125.49 m = 13534.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.91 % Est. max temperature: 37.83 C = 100.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.85 mb = 2327.06 m = 7634.63 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.39 C/km ThetaE index: 30.50 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.27 mb = 3728.86 m = 12233.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.12 C = 111.41 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.39 C Showalter Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 23.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3150.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 312.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.61 mb = 2661.77 m = 8732.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.61 mb = 4355.29 m = 14288.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.61 mb = 13870.94 m = 45507.79 ft B at Equ Level: 3113.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 203.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.04 Bulk Shear: 80.70 m/s