MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.01,-99.88 Latitude: 44.01 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 515 SFC 948 539 29.0 20.6 60 8.4 22.9 134 20 306.9 309.9 297.9 356.1 16.35 3 900 995 24.8 18.8 69 6.0 20.5 147 35 307.1 309.9 297.4 353.3 15.37 4 850 1495 22.5 16.9 71 5.6 18.6 177 35 309.8 312.5 297.4 353.7 14.43 5 800 2024 21.6 11.4 52 10.2 14.8 216 28 314.2 316.2 296.0 347.4 10.68 6 750 2580 17.9 5.7 45 12.2 10.4 250 27 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.3 7.71 7 700 3165 14.0 -7.1 23 21.1 3.8 281 22 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.5 3.21 8 650 3784 9.1 -12.9 20 22.0 -0.3 283 24 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.5 2.17 9 600 4440 3.6 -14.8 25 18.3 -3.7 272 27 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.1 2.03 10 550 5138 -2.3 -19.2 26 16.9 -8.1 267 26 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.5 1.52 11 500 5885 -8.6 -21.2 35 12.6 -12.5 262 23 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.5 1.41 12 450 6691 -15.4 -23.5 50 8.1 -17.6 256 23 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.4 1.28 13 400 7569 -21.5 -37.9 21 16.4 -24.1 267 35 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.37 14 350 8542 -27.7 -38.9 34 11.1 -29.2 275 34 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.8 0.38 15 300 9627 -37.4 -43.6 53 6.2 -37.9 275 33 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.27 16 250 10856 -48.1 -52.4 61 4.3 -48.3 271 28 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 12303 -54.3 -62.7 35 8.4 -54.5 263 31 346.7 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14136 -56.2 -77.5 5 21.3 -56.5 240 20 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.9 -59.7 227 15 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.71 m Freezing level: 569.73 mb = 4862.29 m = 15952.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.38 mb = 3740.80 m = 12272.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.32 C = 97.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.68 mb = 1611.87 m = 5288.22 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.29 C/km ThetaE index: 27.20 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.36 mb = 2993.17 m = 9819.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.40 C = 102.92 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2841.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.21 mb = 1848.58 m = 6064.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.21 mb = 3895.54 m = 12780.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.21 mb = 12931.50 m = 42425.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2822.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 514.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.84 Bulk Rich Number: 12.11 Bulk Shear: 234.54 m/s