MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-96.81 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 477 SFC 945 521 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 151 12 303.3 306.5 297.6 354.5 17.23 3 900 955 27.6 18.0 56 9.6 20.8 179 34 310.0 312.7 297.5 354.4 14.58 4 850 1462 26.9 12.8 42 14.1 17.3 205 34 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.4 10.97 5 800 1996 24.8 7.7 33 17.1 13.9 225 28 317.6 319.2 295.2 343.8 8.27 6 750 2558 21.9 -2.4 20 24.3 8.6 239 25 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.3 4.28 7 700 3151 17.0 -8.0 17 25.0 4.8 238 26 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.2 2.99 8 650 3775 11.3 -10.3 21 21.7 1.4 236 26 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.7 2.68 9 600 4435 5.2 -11.3 29 16.5 -2.0 238 28 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.1 2.68 10 550 5137 -1.4 -12.3 43 10.9 -5.9 240 33 322.4 323.0 292.1 331.5 2.71 11 500 5886 -8.3 -14.7 60 6.4 -10.7 243 35 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.2 2.45 12 450 6694 -14.0 -29.7 25 15.7 -17.7 257 34 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.72 13 400 7577 -20.6 -36.1 24 15.5 -23.3 263 37 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.44 14 350 8550 -27.2 -36.4 41 9.2 -28.6 261 32 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.9 0.48 15 300 9643 -35.2 -49.4 22 14.2 -36.3 265 17 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10886 -45.0 -56.7 26 11.7 -45.5 292 19 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12344 -55.2 -57.7 73 2.5 -55.3 342 44 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14132 -63.4 -69.7 42 6.3 -63.4 312 24 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16651 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 223 10 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.94 m Freezing level: 560.57 mb = 4988.45 m = 16366.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.88 mb = 4034.20 m = 13235.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.86 % Est. max temperature: 39.64 C = 103.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.12 mb = 1023.36 m = 3357.44 ft T: 27.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 23.74 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.33 mb = 3629.26 m = 11906.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.38 C = 110.09 F Cap Strength: 8.36 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.65 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 22.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 501.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2262.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 542.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.45 mb = 2244.96 m = 7365.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.45 mb = 4401.55 m = 14440.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.45 mb = 13265.18 m = 43520.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2252.47 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 332.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.70 Bulk Rich Number: 25.10 Bulk Shear: 90.14 m/s