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: 44.64,-99.65 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 520 SFC 945 568 28.2 19.4 59 8.8 21.9 156 21 306.2 309.1 297.0 351.7 15.14 3 900 998 24.1 17.5 67 6.6 19.5 162 40 306.4 309.0 296.4 348.9 14.14 4 850 1497 21.9 15.3 66 6.6 17.4 182 44 309.1 311.5 296.3 348.6 13.00 5 800 2023 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.3 210 37 312.2 314.5 296.4 349.2 12.02 6 750 2576 15.6 9.9 69 5.8 11.9 225 33 313.5 315.5 295.6 345.3 10.25 7 700 3159 13.3 -4.4 29 17.6 4.3 272 21 317.2 317.9 291.7 329.9 3.95 8 650 3778 9.4 -16.2 15 25.7 -0.7 272 25 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.66 9 600 4434 3.8 -18.0 19 21.8 -4.3 264 29 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.54 10 550 5132 -2.3 -20.6 23 18.3 -8.4 262 25 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.35 11 500 5879 -8.6 -23.8 28 15.3 -13.0 260 25 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.5 1.12 12 450 6685 -15.3 -24.6 45 9.2 -17.7 260 25 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.0 1.16 13 400 7563 -21.4 -38.9 19 17.5 -24.1 269 29 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.33 14 350 8535 -28.0 -47.5 14 19.4 -30.0 269 23 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.15 15 300 9620 -37.6 -44.3 50 6.7 -38.2 272 28 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.25 16 250 10847 -48.4 -52.2 65 3.8 -48.6 274 28 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12283 -55.7 -61.3 49 5.6 -55.8 277 32 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14120 -55.9 -77.7 5 21.8 -56.2 251 14 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16674 -59.3 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.6 223 11 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.25 m Freezing level: 568.56 mb = 4872.90 m = 15987.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.36 mb = 3683.68 m = 12085.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.45 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.46 mb = 1688.25 m = 5538.80 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 3070.06 m = 10072.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.39 C = 101.09 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 551.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2167.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.06 mb = 1957.44 m = 6421.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.06 mb = 4284.15 m = 14055.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.06 mb = 12575.22 m = 41256.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2167.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.06 mb = 16012.96 m = 52535.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -149.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 511.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 509.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.64 Bulk Rich Number: 12.15 Bulk Shear: 178.46 m/s