MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 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 53 1 950 501 SFC 939 604 34.2 16.4 35 17.8 21.7 151 15 312.9 315.3 297.0 351.7 12.58 3 900 988 30.8 14.2 36 16.6 19.4 162 25 313.3 315.5 296.3 348.5 11.38 4 850 1496 26.5 12.1 41 14.4 16.8 177 24 313.9 315.9 295.8 346.4 10.47 5 800 2027 21.7 10.3 48 11.4 14.3 192 22 314.3 316.2 295.5 345.0 9.88 6 750 2582 16.7 8.4 58 8.3 11.4 208 20 314.7 316.5 295.2 343.6 9.28 7 700 3165 11.5 5.8 68 5.7 8.0 225 18 315.2 316.8 294.6 341.2 8.29 8 650 3780 7.6 -6.5 36 14.1 0.8 274 19 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.2 3.60 9 600 4434 2.6 -10.9 36 13.6 -3.1 271 28 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.77 10 550 5130 -3.0 -18.0 30 15.0 -8.2 261 33 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.3 1.68 11 500 5876 -8.8 -22.7 32 13.8 -12.9 259 33 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.6 1.24 12 450 6682 -15.2 -26.1 39 10.9 -17.9 259 35 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 1.01 13 400 7562 -20.1 -42.1 12 21.9 -23.3 269 36 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.24 14 350 8538 -27.5 -38.1 36 10.7 -29.0 276 31 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.41 15 300 9625 -37.2 -46.9 36 9.7 -37.9 275 28 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.19 16 250 10855 -48.0 -53.1 56 5.0 -48.2 274 23 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12293 -55.9 -61.3 51 5.4 -56.1 279 34 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14118 -55.8 -77.7 5 22.0 -56.1 263 28 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.1 0.01 19 100 16675 -59.4 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.7 211 8 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.04 m Freezing level: 576.49 mb = 4761.08 m = 15620.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3906.29 m = 12815.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.46 % Est. max temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.14 mb = 2855.50 m = 9368.32 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 25.48 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3438.35 m = 11280.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.43 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 41.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1927.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.82 mb = 3119.38 m = 10234.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.82 mb = 3922.01 m = 12867.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.82 mb = 12658.19 m = 41529.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1908.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.82 mb = 15587.94 m = 51140.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 162.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 16.10 Bulk Shear: 119.76 m/s