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: 43.70,-100.83 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 488 SFC 928 692 28.9 19.1 55 9.8 21.9 121 13 308.6 311.4 297.6 354.5 15.17 3 900 967 27.0 17.4 56 9.6 20.2 129 23 309.3 312.0 297.1 352.0 14.05 4 850 1470 22.9 16.0 65 6.9 18.1 149 24 310.2 312.7 297.0 351.6 13.58 5 800 1996 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.8 175 24 311.3 313.7 296.8 350.9 12.94 6 750 2548 15.4 11.3 76 4.2 12.7 203 29 313.3 315.5 296.2 348.1 11.26 7 700 3132 13.6 3.1 49 10.5 7.5 255 27 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.3 6.86 8 650 3752 9.4 -3.8 39 13.2 2.6 271 35 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.0 4.45 9 600 4409 3.7 -7.3 45 10.9 -1.5 262 36 320.4 321.1 292.4 332.5 3.69 10 550 5108 -2.4 -10.9 52 8.6 -6.0 251 36 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.3 3.03 11 500 5856 -8.5 -17.9 47 9.4 -11.6 242 35 322.7 323.1 291.5 329.1 1.88 12 450 6663 -14.4 -24.6 42 10.2 -17.1 246 37 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.16 13 400 7544 -20.9 -27.5 55 6.7 -22.4 252 38 327.9 328.1 292.1 331.4 1.00 14 350 8516 -28.6 -37.9 40 9.3 -29.9 265 39 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.42 15 300 9599 -37.5 -44.2 49 6.7 -38.1 252 39 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.25 16 250 10838 -44.3 -46.1 82 1.8 -44.5 319 12 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.25 17 200 12302 -53.0 -53.5 94 0.5 -53.0 305 70 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.4 0.13 18 150 14132 -57.7 -77.0 7 19.2 -58.0 264 30 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16670 -60.7 -84.6 3 23.9 -61.0 272 22 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.73 m Freezing level: 569.47 mb = 4835.67 m = 15864.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.33 mb = 4162.08 m = 13654.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.14 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.18 mb = 1940.13 m = 6365.19 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 25.41 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3167.15 m = 10390.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.81 C = 100.06 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2216.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.78 mb = 2237.13 m = 7339.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.78 mb = 4103.18 m = 13461.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.78 mb = 12536.05 m = 41128.26 ft B at Equ Level: 2216.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 410.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.90 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 226.80 m/s