MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.88,-99.17 Latitude: 44.88 Longitude: -99.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 477 SFC 947 505 34.3 19.8 43 14.5 23.8 108 11 312.3 315.3 298.7 360.2 15.55 3 900 965 30.8 17.1 44 13.8 21.1 123 21 313.3 315.9 297.8 355.7 13.73 4 850 1474 27.4 14.3 45 13.1 18.4 155 19 314.8 317.2 297.2 352.6 12.15 5 800 2008 23.2 11.9 49 11.3 15.6 179 20 315.9 318.0 296.7 350.2 10.98 6 750 2568 20.1 5.5 38 14.6 11.1 204 23 318.4 319.8 294.9 342.4 7.56 7 700 3159 16.8 -6.0 20 22.8 5.2 229 18 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.49 8 650 3783 11.4 -11.6 19 23.0 1.1 237 18 321.9 322.4 291.7 330.0 2.43 9 600 4444 5.5 -13.1 25 18.5 -2.4 239 22 322.4 322.9 291.8 330.3 2.33 10 550 5146 -1.0 -14.5 35 13.4 -6.3 240 31 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.5 2.26 11 500 5896 -7.9 -15.6 54 7.7 -10.7 244 34 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.1 2.27 12 450 6706 -13.8 -26.9 32 13.1 -17.1 257 25 325.9 326.0 291.5 329.2 0.94 13 400 7589 -20.5 -34.6 27 14.0 -23.1 266 24 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.51 14 350 8562 -27.7 -44.8 18 17.1 -29.6 269 23 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.20 15 300 9648 -37.1 -45.8 40 8.6 -37.8 268 29 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.21 16 250 10882 -46.2 -48.4 78 2.3 -46.3 273 47 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.19 17 200 12326 -56.6 -64.6 36 8.0 -56.7 258 32 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14121 -61.4 -73.7 18 12.2 -61.6 258 38 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16652 -59.9 -84.4 3 24.5 -60.2 255 8 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.02 m Freezing level: 558.01 mb = 5033.26 m = 16513.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.89 mb = 3990.15 m = 13090.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.16 % Est. max temperature: 37.99 C = 100.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.64 mb = 2354.62 m = 7725.04 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 30.13 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.45 mb = 3699.82 m = 12138.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.67 C = 110.61 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 26.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 562.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2980.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 286.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.62 mb = 2745.14 m = 9006.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.62 mb = 4312.33 m = 14147.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.62 mb = 13733.18 m = 45055.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2938.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 226.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.06 Bulk Rich Number: 22.75 Bulk Shear: 131.00 m/s