MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 43.33,-100.09 Latitude: 43.33 Longitude: -100.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 497 SFC 934 650 27.9 19.7 61 8.2 22.0 113 13 307.0 309.9 297.5 354.0 15.63 3 900 975 25.6 17.6 61 8.0 19.9 123 23 307.9 310.5 296.8 350.8 14.20 4 850 1476 21.7 16.2 71 5.5 17.9 144 24 308.9 311.5 296.7 350.6 13.74 5 800 2000 18.3 14.8 80 3.4 15.9 176 25 310.6 313.2 297.0 351.5 13.39 6 750 2552 15.7 11.4 76 4.3 12.9 207 31 313.6 315.8 296.4 348.7 11.35 7 700 3136 13.7 2.9 48 10.9 7.4 230 31 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.1 6.74 8 650 3758 10.6 -5.4 32 16.0 2.5 257 28 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.8 3.93 9 600 4417 5.0 -8.7 37 13.6 -1.3 254 31 321.9 322.5 292.5 332.8 3.31 10 550 5119 -1.4 -10.8 49 9.4 -5.4 249 32 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.05 11 500 5868 -8.2 -15.9 54 7.7 -10.9 246 32 323.1 323.5 291.9 330.6 2.22 12 450 6677 -14.1 -26.6 34 12.5 -17.2 252 38 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.97 13 400 7559 -20.9 -26.4 61 5.6 -22.2 258 40 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.8 1.10 14 350 8530 -28.9 -30.1 89 1.3 -29.1 264 40 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.1 0.89 15 300 9614 -37.0 -38.7 84 1.7 -37.2 265 36 333.3 333.4 293.0 335.0 0.45 16 250 10850 -44.7 -50.2 55 5.4 -45.0 318 21 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12317 -52.8 -54.9 77 2.2 -52.8 320 57 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.7 0.11 18 150 14141 -57.4 -78.0 6 20.6 -57.7 258 35 371.1 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -61.5 -84.6 3 23.1 -61.7 262 23 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.89 m Freezing level: 561.19 mb = 4961.86 m = 16278.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.17 mb = 4184.80 m = 13729.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.84 mb = 1693.69 m = 5556.65 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.55 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3145.45 m = 10319.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.42 C = 101.16 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2017.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.79 mb = 2023.73 m = 6639.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.79 mb = 4514.80 m = 14812.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.79 mb = 12549.45 m = 41172.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2006.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.79 mb = 15917.89 m = 52223.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 446.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.85 Bulk Rich Number: 9.64 Bulk Shear: 209.26 m/s