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: 44.17,-100.52 Latitude: 44.17 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 509 SFC 940 604 35.0 15.6 31 19.4 21.5 176 17 313.7 316.0 296.8 350.7 11.96 3 900 995 29.8 13.9 38 15.9 18.9 181 24 312.2 314.3 295.8 346.6 11.15 4 850 1501 24.9 12.9 47 12.0 16.8 185 25 312.3 314.4 295.8 346.3 11.06 5 800 2029 19.9 11.9 60 8.1 14.6 187 24 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.2 10.97 6 750 2581 14.7 10.7 77 4.0 12.1 190 23 312.5 314.6 295.7 345.9 10.82 7 700 3161 11.9 2.2 52 9.6 6.3 230 16 315.6 316.8 293.3 335.9 6.43 8 650 3779 9.4 -13.5 18 22.9 -0.2 276 22 319.6 320.0 290.7 326.6 2.08 9 600 4436 4.0 -17.3 19 21.3 -4.0 256 27 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.3 1.64 10 550 5135 -2.0 -19.8 24 17.8 -8.1 241 27 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.44 11 500 5882 -8.7 -23.2 30 14.4 -12.9 238 29 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.5 1.18 12 450 6687 -15.9 -24.2 49 8.3 -18.0 241 35 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.20 13 400 7563 -22.6 -28.5 59 5.9 -23.9 258 32 325.6 325.7 291.4 328.8 0.91 14 350 8529 -28.9 -44.8 20 15.9 -30.6 264 27 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.20 15 300 9613 -37.5 -52.8 19 15.3 -38.4 278 22 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 16 250 10841 -48.5 -52.7 62 4.2 -48.7 280 27 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12275 -56.5 -60.8 58 4.3 -56.6 271 38 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14110 -54.0 -78.9 3 24.9 -54.5 245 23 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.01 19 100 16669 -58.7 -84.6 2 25.8 -59.1 231 12 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.26 m Freezing level: 566.65 mb = 4901.86 m = 16082.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.64 mb = 3758.29 m = 12330.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.64 mb = 3034.57 m = 9955.80 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.88 mb = 3818.75 m = 12528.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.91 C = 105.63 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.63 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1951.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.79 mb = 3009.10 m = 9872.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.79 mb = 4600.81 m = 15094.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.79 mb = 12676.70 m = 41589.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1918.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.79 mb = 15635.40 m = 51296.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 42.62 Bulk Shear: 45.78 m/s