MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-101.85 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 533 SFC 932 700 24.7 17.9 66 6.8 20.0 50 14 303.9 306.5 295.7 345.6 14.02 3 900 1008 25.2 16.8 60 8.4 19.4 67 25 307.5 310.0 296.3 348.2 13.49 4 850 1512 24.6 14.6 54 10.0 17.7 115 22 311.9 314.3 296.6 349.9 12.37 5 800 2040 20.8 12.1 57 8.7 15.0 137 17 313.3 315.5 296.1 347.8 11.14 6 750 2596 18.2 6.2 45 12.0 10.9 194 16 316.4 317.9 294.7 341.5 7.98 7 700 3183 14.7 -0.9 34 15.7 6.2 228 21 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.3 5.12 8 650 3804 9.5 -5.6 34 15.2 2.0 247 26 319.7 320.5 292.3 332.3 3.86 9 600 4461 3.5 -8.4 41 11.9 -2.0 256 31 320.1 320.8 292.0 331.3 3.38 10 550 5158 -2.9 -11.1 53 8.2 -6.4 266 38 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.5 2.97 11 500 5904 -9.2 -17.0 53 7.8 -11.8 268 45 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.7 2.02 12 450 6713 -12.8 -25.4 34 12.7 -16.2 281 33 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.0 1.07 13 400 7600 -19.6 -29.0 43 9.3 -21.7 271 29 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.6 0.87 14 350 8576 -27.7 -34.6 52 6.9 -28.7 265 30 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.6 0.58 15 300 9663 -36.6 -42.9 52 6.2 -37.2 266 34 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.9 0.29 16 250 10898 -46.5 -50.0 67 3.5 -46.6 268 34 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12346 -57.1 -57.6 94 0.5 -57.2 316 25 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14130 -61.0 -71.8 22 10.9 -61.1 268 36 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.02 19 100 16663 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.2 -61.3 269 11 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.05 m Freezing level: 572.80 mb = 4840.17 m = 15879.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.75 mb = 4129.02 m = 13546.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.33 mb = 1569.84 m = 5150.34 ft T: 24.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 21.20 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3539.04 m = 11610.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.85 C = 103.73 F Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.56 C Showalter Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1839.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 359.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.08 mb = 2323.85 m = 7624.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.08 mb = 4337.47 m = 14230.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.08 mb = 13031.54 m = 42753.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1814.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.08 mb = 16120.64 m = 52888.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 509.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 507.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.97 Bulk Rich Number: 5.59 Bulk Shear: 329.44 m/s