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: 44.44,-99.57 Latitude: 44.44 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 522 SFC 946 562 28.0 19.5 60 8.5 21.9 156 21 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.7 15.23 3 900 1000 24.0 17.5 67 6.4 19.5 161 41 306.2 308.8 296.3 348.7 14.15 4 850 1499 22.1 15.2 65 6.9 17.3 182 45 309.3 311.7 296.3 348.3 12.85 5 800 2025 19.8 13.4 67 6.4 15.5 211 38 312.2 314.6 296.6 349.8 12.20 6 750 2578 15.7 9.9 68 5.9 11.9 226 33 313.7 315.6 295.6 345.4 10.25 7 700 3161 13.4 -5.0 27 18.5 4.1 274 20 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.5 3.75 8 650 3780 9.8 -16.5 14 26.3 -0.7 271 25 320.0 320.4 290.4 325.5 1.62 9 600 4437 3.9 -18.4 18 22.3 -4.3 263 28 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.49 10 550 5135 -2.3 -21.4 21 19.1 -8.5 258 25 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.7 1.26 11 500 5883 -8.6 -25.1 25 16.5 -13.2 256 27 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.00 12 450 6689 -15.3 -25.2 42 9.9 -17.9 261 26 324.0 324.2 291.1 327.9 1.10 13 400 7566 -21.7 -36.7 25 14.9 -24.2 270 29 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.41 14 350 8538 -28.0 -49.4 11 21.4 -30.0 271 22 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9622 -37.6 -46.7 38 9.1 -38.3 274 27 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10850 -48.4 -52.5 62 4.1 -48.6 276 29 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12287 -55.6 -61.4 48 5.9 -55.7 279 33 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14122 -56.1 -77.5 5 21.5 -56.3 256 17 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16675 -59.3 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.6 222 11 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.44 m Freezing level: 568.33 mb = 4879.39 m = 16008.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.11 mb = 3689.57 m = 12104.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.67 % Est. max temperature: 34.27 C = 93.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.46 mb = 1648.48 m = 5408.32 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3151.99 m = 10341.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.45 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 27.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2149.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 271.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.26 mb = 1946.33 m = 6385.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.26 mb = 4406.28 m = 14456.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.26 mb = 12879.06 m = 42253.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2102.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.26 mb = 15946.70 m = 52317.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 529.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 525.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.84 Bulk Rich Number: 12.20 Bulk Shear: 176.20 m/s