MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.21,-99.32 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -99.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 522 SFC 943 588 25.7 20.5 73 5.2 22.0 141 19 303.9 307.0 297.2 352.5 16.33 3 900 997 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 19.9 155 40 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.4 14.53 4 850 1500 25.4 14.2 50 11.3 17.7 186 35 312.8 315.1 296.6 349.9 12.04 5 800 2032 22.5 11.1 48 11.4 15.0 212 30 315.1 317.1 296.1 347.7 10.44 6 750 2589 17.8 8.4 54 9.4 11.8 229 28 315.9 317.7 295.5 344.9 9.25 7 700 3175 13.8 0.3 40 13.5 6.2 262 22 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.6 5.58 8 650 3794 9.7 -14.3 17 24.0 -0.3 288 20 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.5 1.94 9 600 4451 4.1 -17.9 18 22.0 -4.1 276 25 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.56 10 550 5151 -1.8 -20.8 22 19.0 -8.1 261 27 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.5 1.32 11 500 5899 -8.0 -22.3 31 14.3 -12.3 262 31 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.28 12 450 6707 -14.8 -27.1 34 12.3 -17.8 274 27 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.92 13 400 7586 -21.7 -33.4 34 11.7 -23.8 273 26 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.57 14 350 8554 -29.4 -40.3 34 10.9 -30.7 280 35 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.33 15 300 9636 -37.5 -51.3 22 13.8 -38.4 290 33 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10867 -47.3 -56.1 36 8.8 -47.6 286 37 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 17 200 12320 -53.4 -63.3 29 9.8 -53.7 275 37 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14155 -57.9 -76.6 7 18.7 -58.1 238 25 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -59.8 -84.4 3 24.5 -60.2 221 17 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.62 m Freezing level: 565.33 mb = 4936.19 m = 16194.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3767.53 m = 12360.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.62 % Est. max temperature: 36.85 C = 98.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.19 mb = 1253.25 m = 4111.65 ft T: 24.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 26.35 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.19 mb = 3220.68 m = 10566.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.43 C = 102.98 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2253.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.44 mb = 2070.24 m = 6792.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.44 mb = 4296.30 m = 14095.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.44 mb = 12598.77 m = 41334.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2241.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.44 mb = 16008.84 m = 52521.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 483.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.66 Bulk Rich Number: 10.04 Bulk Shear: 224.54 m/s