MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.88,-102.80 Latitude: 43.88 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 524 SFC 911 896 33.0 11.0 26 22.0 18.5 125 10 314.5 316.2 295.0 342.8 9.11 3 900 1004 30.6 10.0 28 20.7 17.2 130 12 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.7 8.58 4 850 1511 25.5 8.9 35 16.6 15.0 141 12 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.1 8.46 5 800 2039 20.4 7.9 44 12.5 12.6 153 12 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.39 6 750 2591 15.2 6.8 57 8.4 10.0 162 12 313.1 314.6 294.0 338.9 8.31 7 700 3170 9.8 5.3 74 4.4 7.1 176 12 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.2 8.02 8 650 3782 5.7 -1.8 58 7.5 1.8 221 14 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.9 5.17 9 600 4431 0.5 -7.0 57 7.5 -3.0 245 17 316.6 317.4 291.4 328.8 3.76 10 550 5122 -5.4 -10.4 68 5.0 -7.5 261 22 317.6 318.3 291.1 327.9 3.15 11 500 5861 -11.5 -16.2 68 4.7 -13.0 280 25 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.3 2.17 12 450 6660 -17.0 -24.3 53 7.3 -18.9 274 31 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.9 1.19 13 400 7533 -22.8 -32.0 43 9.2 -24.5 281 32 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.7 0.66 14 350 8501 -29.2 -37.5 44 8.3 -30.3 284 39 329.4 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.43 15 300 9581 -38.0 -41.2 72 3.2 -38.3 289 41 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.34 16 250 10810 -47.6 -50.7 70 3.1 -47.7 294 51 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.15 17 200 12260 -53.8 -63.5 30 9.7 -54.0 278 47 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14107 -54.8 -78.8 4 24.1 -55.1 233 21 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.8 0.01 19 100 16656 -61.9 -84.0 4 22.1 -62.1 190 8 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.02 m Freezing level: 596.11 mb = 4484.83 m = 14713.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.89 mb = 4024.16 m = 13202.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.24 mb = 3628.31 m = 11903.77 ft T: 6.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.29 mb = 3879.08 m = 12726.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.17 C = 93.51 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 41.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 954.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.37 mb = 3589.37 m = 11776.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.37 mb = 4292.26 m = 14082.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.37 mb = 11341.37 m = 37208.78 ft B at Equ Level: 946.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.37 mb = 13678.05 m = 44874.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 12.34 Bulk Shear: 77.35 m/s