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: 43.83,-99.77 Latitude: 43.83 Longitude: -99.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 514 SFC 947 543 25.5 20.6 74 4.9 21.9 137 19 303.3 306.3 297.0 351.7 16.31 3 900 988 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 151 37 304.9 307.7 296.7 350.5 15.26 4 850 1492 27.2 12.6 40 14.6 17.3 198 29 314.6 316.7 296.3 348.3 10.82 5 800 2025 23.8 6.9 34 17.0 13.2 226 24 316.6 318.1 294.6 341.2 7.80 6 750 2584 18.9 2.8 34 16.1 9.5 242 22 317.1 318.3 293.6 336.9 6.24 7 700 3170 13.7 -2.6 32 16.3 5.1 263 19 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.2 4.51 8 650 3788 8.6 -11.0 24 19.6 -0.0 285 20 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.54 9 600 4443 3.3 -14.9 25 18.2 -3.8 278 26 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 2.00 10 550 5141 -2.5 -19.4 26 16.9 -8.2 269 31 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.2 1.49 11 500 5888 -8.4 -23.1 29 14.7 -12.8 271 30 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.19 12 450 6695 -14.8 -26.0 38 11.1 -17.6 272 29 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.2 1.02 13 400 7574 -21.8 -29.7 49 7.8 -23.4 270 32 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.82 14 350 8544 -28.2 -45.8 17 17.6 -30.1 286 33 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 15 300 9629 -37.2 -48.7 29 11.5 -38.1 291 31 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.15 16 250 10860 -47.7 -54.8 44 7.1 -48.0 283 32 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 17 200 12307 -54.3 -62.7 35 8.4 -54.5 277 38 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14143 -56.5 -77.2 6 20.7 -56.8 242 23 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.8 224 18 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.00 m Freezing level: 571.43 mb = 4841.64 m = 15884.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.38 mb = 3783.30 m = 12412.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.78 % Est. max temperature: 38.54 C = 101.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.75 mb = 1168.49 m = 3833.59 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 25.47 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3167.97 m = 10393.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.56 C = 103.21 F Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2235.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 432.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.16 mb = 1946.95 m = 6387.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.16 mb = 4146.40 m = 13603.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.16 mb = 12562.04 m = 41213.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2230.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.16 mb = 15962.71 m = 52370.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 427.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 426.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.95 Bulk Rich Number: 9.13 Bulk Shear: 244.84 m/s