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: 43.29,-99.41 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -99.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 520 SFC 943 586 25.7 20.5 73 5.3 21.9 140 20 304.0 307.0 297.1 352.4 16.28 3 900 995 24.5 18.0 67 6.4 19.9 155 40 306.7 309.5 296.8 350.7 14.61 4 850 1499 26.0 13.9 47 12.0 17.7 189 33 313.3 315.6 296.6 349.9 11.84 5 800 2031 22.7 10.7 47 11.9 14.8 213 29 315.3 317.3 296.0 347.1 10.18 6 750 2588 18.0 7.8 51 10.2 11.6 231 27 316.1 317.8 295.3 344.1 8.90 7 700 3174 13.8 0.1 39 13.7 6.2 263 22 317.8 318.8 293.2 335.4 5.53 8 650 3794 9.7 -14.4 17 24.0 -0.3 288 21 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.93 9 600 4450 4.1 -18.0 18 22.1 -4.1 276 25 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.1 1.55 10 550 5149 -1.8 -21.2 21 19.3 -8.2 262 27 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.28 11 500 5898 -8.0 -23.2 28 15.3 -12.5 264 30 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.4 1.18 12 450 6706 -14.7 -28.3 31 13.5 -18.0 272 26 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.7 0.83 13 400 7585 -21.8 -32.7 37 10.9 -23.8 273 26 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.9 0.61 14 350 8552 -29.3 -41.2 31 11.9 -30.7 281 35 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.30 15 300 9635 -37.3 -51.8 21 14.5 -38.3 294 33 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10866 -47.5 -55.7 38 8.2 -47.8 287 37 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12318 -53.3 -63.4 28 10.0 -53.6 277 38 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14154 -57.7 -76.6 7 18.9 -58.0 236 23 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16684 -59.7 -84.4 3 24.7 -60.0 223 17 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.70 m Freezing level: 565.48 mb = 4932.93 m = 16183.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.55 mb = 3760.79 m = 12338.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.62 % Est. max temperature: 37.02 C = 98.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.45 mb = 1258.68 m = 4129.49 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 26.30 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.92 mb = 3235.05 m = 10613.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.52 C = 103.14 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 544.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2274.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 368.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.62 mb = 2099.73 m = 6888.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.62 mb = 4333.28 m = 14216.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.62 mb = 12691.72 m = 41638.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2252.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.62 mb = 16168.18 m = 53044.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -126.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 478.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 478.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.61 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 232.97 m/s