MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.9,-98.15 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 954 419 23.1 18.0 73 5.1 19.6 85 6 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.6 13.76 2 950 456 24.3 17.8 67 6.5 19.8 97 9 301.8 304.3 294.8 342.0 13.62 3 900 933 27.9 12.4 38 15.5 17.6 197 14 310.2 312.1 294.6 341.1 10.09 4 850 1441 30.2 2.0 17 28.1 13.6 229 23 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.4 5.22 5 800 1979 27.8 -1.3 15 29.2 11.4 235 30 320.8 321.7 293.0 334.9 4.33 6 750 2545 23.1 -2.4 18 25.5 9.1 237 33 321.7 322.5 293.3 335.7 4.29 7 700 3139 17.7 -3.5 23 21.2 6.3 236 35 322.1 322.9 293.3 335.9 4.22 8 650 3766 11.9 -5.4 29 17.3 3.1 233 32 322.5 323.2 293.2 335.4 3.94 9 600 4428 5.7 -8.6 35 14.3 -1.0 233 26 322.7 323.3 292.7 333.7 3.33 10 550 5130 -1.1 -11.2 46 10.1 -5.4 239 24 322.8 323.4 292.4 332.7 2.96 11 500 5881 -8.3 -13.5 66 5.3 -10.3 255 23 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.0 2.69 12 450 6687 -15.1 -20.2 65 5.1 -16.7 275 31 324.2 324.6 291.7 330.1 1.70 13 400 7567 -21.4 -30.7 43 9.4 -23.2 269 29 327.2 327.3 291.7 329.9 0.74 14 350 8537 -28.3 -35.0 53 6.7 -29.3 257 28 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.56 15 300 9624 -36.8 -41.1 64 4.4 -37.2 258 31 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.35 16 250 10858 -46.9 -49.3 77 2.4 -47.0 260 36 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.17 17 200 12305 -55.6 -60.7 53 5.0 -55.8 187 29 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14092 -64.1 -68.9 52 4.8 -64.1 212 23 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16623 -60.4 -84.4 3 24.0 -60.6 245 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.35 m Freezing level: 558.05 mb = 5017.31 m = 16460.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.90 mb = 4265.21 m = 13993.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.35 % Est. max temperature: 43.11 C = 109.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.89 mb = 1073.76 m = 3522.81 ft T: 28.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.47 C/km ThetaE index: 7.56 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.37 mb = 4353.97 m = 14284.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.21 C = 113.37 F Cap Strength: 11.33 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.98 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.42 C Cross Totals Index: 10.31 C K Index: 19.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1049.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.04 mb = 2848.62 m = 9345.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 519.04 mb = 5586.57 m = 18328.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.04 mb = 11425.92 m = 37486.16 ft B at Equ Level: 658.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.04 mb = 14132.64 m = 46366.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.9 neg: -6.8 tot: 228.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 6.70 Bulk Shear: 98.67 m/s