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: 44.98,-98.31 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 955 410 27.8 21.3 68 6.5 23.0 143 4 304.9 308.0 297.8 355.4 16.90 2 950 460 28.5 21.1 64 7.4 23.1 147 7 306.1 309.2 298.0 356.5 16.80 3 900 941 28.0 18.5 56 9.5 21.2 183 26 310.3 313.2 298.0 356.1 15.02 4 850 1450 28.3 13.4 40 14.9 18.1 210 33 315.8 318.0 297.0 351.4 11.41 5 800 1985 25.3 7.7 33 17.6 14.1 220 32 318.1 319.7 295.3 344.3 8.27 6 750 2547 21.6 -1.1 22 22.7 9.0 232 27 320.0 321.0 293.2 335.3 4.72 7 700 3139 16.7 -6.0 21 22.7 5.2 247 31 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.5 3.50 8 650 3763 10.9 -8.7 24 19.5 1.6 257 36 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.4 3.05 9 600 4423 5.0 -10.8 31 15.8 -2.0 261 39 321.9 322.4 292.0 331.2 2.79 10 550 5124 -1.5 -12.8 42 11.3 -6.1 261 41 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.0 2.60 11 500 5873 -8.2 -17.0 49 8.9 -11.3 257 40 323.1 323.5 291.7 329.9 2.01 12 450 6681 -14.1 -26.6 34 12.4 -17.3 258 40 325.5 325.7 291.4 328.9 0.97 13 400 7564 -20.6 -28.0 52 7.4 -22.3 259 42 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.6 0.95 14 350 8539 -26.8 -37.8 35 10.9 -28.5 261 37 332.6 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.42 15 300 9631 -35.7 -47.9 28 12.1 -36.7 258 28 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.17 16 250 10870 -46.2 -50.0 65 3.8 -46.4 255 18 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12323 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.0 -55.4 2 30 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14114 -63.5 -65.9 73 2.3 -63.6 5 37 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.8 0.04 19 100 16645 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.9 222 10 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.17 m Freezing level: 561.76 mb = 4958.73 m = 16268.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.73 mb = 4050.24 m = 13288.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.77 % Est. max temperature: 40.59 C = 105.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.47 mb = 1248.05 m = 4094.61 ft T: 28.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.09 C/km ThetaE index: 27.62 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.02 mb = 3457.57 m = 11343.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.83 C = 110.89 F Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.73 C Showalter Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2818.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 494.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.39 mb = 2167.89 m = 7112.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.39 mb = 4173.80 m = 13693.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.39 mb = 13775.30 m = 45194.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2791.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 393.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.30 Bulk Rich Number: 20.79 Bulk Shear: 135.58 m/s