MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-98.39 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 960 460 31.5 21.8 56 9.8 24.3 142 7 308.3 311.5 298.8 360.8 17.34 2 950 550 31.2 19.7 50 11.5 22.9 148 9 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.5 15.37 3 900 1032 26.9 17.8 58 9.0 20.5 168 11 309.2 311.9 297.3 353.0 14.43 4 850 1534 22.2 16.8 72 5.3 18.4 186 11 309.4 312.1 297.3 353.0 14.34 5 800 2059 18.4 13.8 74 4.6 15.3 215 11 310.8 313.1 296.4 349.0 12.48 6 750 2613 18.6 -1.2 26 19.9 7.8 281 5 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.8 4.66 7 700 3200 14.5 -7.4 21 21.9 3.9 270 8 318.5 319.1 291.4 328.8 3.13 8 650 3819 9.4 -9.8 25 19.1 0.7 266 14 319.6 320.1 291.4 328.9 2.80 9 600 4476 3.7 -12.4 30 16.0 -3.1 258 20 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.6 2.47 10 550 5174 -2.5 -15.5 36 13.0 -7.4 256 25 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.1 2.08 11 500 5921 -9.0 -20.0 40 11.0 -12.5 250 32 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.5 1.57 12 450 6726 -15.5 -23.7 49 8.2 -17.7 261 31 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.25 13 400 7604 -21.4 -34.8 29 13.4 -23.7 278 32 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.50 14 350 8575 -28.1 -43.7 21 15.5 -29.9 286 31 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.23 15 300 9662 -36.5 -48.2 29 11.7 -37.4 285 24 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 16 250 10896 -47.0 -52.5 54 5.5 -47.3 282 24 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.12 17 200 12335 -58.2 -60.9 70 2.8 -58.2 278 29 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 14135 -57.8 -76.3 8 18.5 -58.1 282 24 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.01 19 100 16675 -59.9 -84.0 3 24.1 -60.2 244 8 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.76 m Freezing level: 570.41 mb = 4888.78 m = 16039.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.14 mb = 3931.83 m = 12899.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.83 mb = 1700.55 m = 5579.16 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 31.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3227.90 m = 10590.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.72 C = 107.09 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 26.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2982.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.33 mb = 2109.11 m = 6919.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.33 mb = 3942.20 m = 12933.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.33 mb = 13339.63 m = 43764.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2951.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.2 neg: -11.9 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 60.16 Bulk Shear: 49.57 m/s