MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.1,-102.52 Latitude: 44.10 Longitude: -102.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 498 SFC 917 818 34.7 11.2 24 23.6 19.1 9 2 315.6 317.4 295.3 344.2 9.13 3 900 982 31.9 10.4 27 21.5 17.8 354 2 314.4 316.0 294.7 341.8 8.81 4 850 1490 26.8 9.5 34 17.3 15.6 330 3 314.2 315.9 294.7 341.6 8.78 5 800 2021 21.7 8.2 42 13.5 13.2 311 4 314.3 316.0 294.6 341.1 8.58 6 750 2576 16.7 6.2 50 10.5 10.3 293 7 314.7 316.3 294.2 339.7 7.96 7 700 3161 14.0 -4.9 27 18.9 4.4 271 18 318.0 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.79 8 650 3779 8.7 -6.9 32 15.6 1.2 260 22 318.8 319.5 291.7 330.2 3.50 9 600 4434 2.8 -9.6 40 12.3 -2.7 254 25 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.5 3.08 10 550 5130 -3.2 -15.5 38 12.3 -7.8 244 28 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.07 11 500 5876 -9.0 -21.0 37 12.0 -12.7 250 30 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.0 1.43 12 450 6681 -15.3 -26.8 37 11.5 -18.1 248 28 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.95 13 400 7559 -21.9 -39.0 20 17.1 -24.5 243 28 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.33 14 350 8528 -28.8 -46.8 16 18.0 -30.6 249 31 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9610 -37.9 -40.5 77 2.5 -38.2 262 38 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.37 16 250 10836 -48.7 -50.8 79 2.1 -48.7 263 40 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 17 200 12272 -55.6 -61.5 48 5.9 -55.7 269 48 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14102 -56.7 -77.6 5 20.9 -56.9 258 31 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16659 -57.9 -84.8 2 26.9 -58.3 233 12 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.42 m Freezing level: 576.92 mb = 4755.24 m = 15600.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 3972.58 m = 13033.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.45 % Est. max temperature: 33.72 C = 92.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.89 mb = 3755.17 m = 12319.95 ft T: 8.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 17.21 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.80 mb = 4208.19 m = 13806.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.15 C = 100.68 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.75 mb = 3680.41 m = 12074.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.75 mb = 4805.78 m = 15766.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.75 mb = 11874.38 m = 38957.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.75 mb = 14414.60 m = 47291.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.76 Bulk Shear: 47.96 m/s