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: 43.36,-100.75 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -100.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 486 SFC 922 755 29.6 19.2 54 10.4 22.1 121 13 309.9 312.8 298.0 356.6 15.33 3 900 966 28.0 17.6 53 10.5 20.6 128 21 310.4 313.1 297.4 353.7 14.18 4 850 1470 23.7 16.0 62 7.8 18.3 144 23 311.0 313.6 297.1 352.4 13.54 5 800 1998 19.8 13.9 68 6.0 15.8 173 24 312.3 314.7 296.8 350.9 12.56 6 750 2552 16.2 10.7 70 5.5 12.6 200 29 314.1 316.2 296.1 347.8 10.84 7 700 3136 14.0 2.6 46 11.4 7.3 246 26 318.0 319.3 294.1 339.0 6.60 8 650 3758 10.1 -4.3 36 14.4 2.7 270 33 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.3 4.27 9 600 4416 4.3 -7.7 41 12.0 -1.3 262 35 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.8 3.56 10 550 5116 -1.9 -11.3 49 9.4 -5.9 252 35 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.6 2.93 11 500 5865 -8.2 -18.3 44 10.1 -11.6 247 34 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.3 1.81 12 450 6673 -14.1 -25.2 38 11.1 -17.0 251 37 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.4 1.10 13 400 7555 -20.9 -27.4 56 6.6 -22.4 257 40 327.9 328.1 292.1 331.5 1.01 14 350 8527 -28.6 -35.6 51 7.0 -29.6 268 41 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.53 15 300 9610 -37.4 -46.9 37 9.5 -38.1 262 41 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10846 -45.1 -49.0 64 3.9 -45.3 314 11 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.18 17 200 12310 -53.3 -54.2 90 0.9 -53.4 311 61 348.3 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.12 18 150 14138 -57.3 -78.4 5 21.2 -57.5 259 30 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16674 -60.8 -84.7 3 23.9 -61.0 272 21 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.99 m Freezing level: 565.38 mb = 4900.60 m = 16077.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.42 mb = 4193.84 m = 13759.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.52 mb = 2078.52 m = 6819.20 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 27.28 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.60 mb = 3286.13 m = 10781.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2391.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.00 mb = 2381.85 m = 7814.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.00 mb = 4146.30 m = 13603.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.00 mb = 12979.34 m = 42582.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2354.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 412.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.87 Bulk Shear: 220.05 m/s