MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.67,-101.89 Latitude: 44.67 Longitude: -101.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 531 SFC 932 703 26.1 18.6 63 7.5 20.8 121 10 305.3 308.1 296.4 349.0 14.60 3 900 1008 26.8 17.2 55 9.7 20.0 131 27 309.2 311.8 296.8 351.1 13.81 4 850 1513 25.4 12.9 46 12.4 17.0 152 24 312.7 314.8 296.0 347.0 11.10 5 800 2044 22.6 7.5 38 15.0 13.1 182 21 315.2 316.8 294.5 340.9 8.18 6 750 2601 19.1 1.7 31 17.4 9.0 209 19 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.6 5.76 7 700 3189 14.4 -1.5 33 15.9 5.8 231 19 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.2 4.90 8 650 3809 9.4 -6.0 33 15.3 1.8 260 20 319.6 320.3 292.2 331.9 3.77 9 600 4465 3.6 -9.8 37 13.4 -2.4 275 24 320.3 320.9 291.8 330.3 3.03 10 550 5164 -2.3 -13.7 41 11.4 -6.8 274 36 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.4 2.40 11 500 5911 -9.0 -15.2 61 6.2 -11.2 284 35 322.1 322.6 291.7 330.0 2.36 12 450 6719 -13.4 -25.2 36 11.8 -16.6 279 25 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.3 1.10 13 400 7605 -19.6 -26.4 55 6.8 -21.2 275 21 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.4 1.11 14 350 8581 -27.6 -32.8 61 5.2 -28.5 281 23 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.69 15 300 9670 -36.2 -43.4 48 7.1 -36.9 274 28 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.27 16 250 10905 -47.0 -50.7 65 3.8 -47.1 275 29 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12344 -58.7 -60.7 78 1.9 -58.7 292 32 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14126 -58.7 -75.3 10 16.6 -58.9 290 22 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16664 -59.4 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.7 243 9 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.12 m Freezing level: 569.64 mb = 4889.25 m = 16040.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.24 mb = 4088.01 m = 13411.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.96 % Est. max temperature: 36.47 C = 97.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.02 mb = 1668.78 m = 5474.94 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.68 mb = 3584.24 m = 11759.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.62 C = 103.31 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1955.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.33 mb = 2551.71 m = 8371.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.33 mb = 4338.71 m = 14234.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.33 mb = 13019.75 m = 42715.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1934.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.33 mb = 16105.93 m = 52840.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 298.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 9.24 Bulk Shear: 211.63 m/s