MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.19,-97.90 Latitude: 43.19 Longitude: -97.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 960 437 22.8 21.1 90 1.6 21.6 286 8 299.4 302.4 296.2 348.1 16.67 2 950 529 23.4 20.1 82 3.3 21.1 295 12 300.9 303.8 296.0 347.2 15.75 3 900 1001 21.8 16.2 70 5.6 17.9 306 10 303.9 306.3 294.9 342.5 12.95 4 850 1497 19.5 13.0 66 6.5 15.2 273 6 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.2 11.16 5 800 2018 18.0 9.7 58 8.3 12.7 213 10 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.4 9.48 6 750 2569 15.6 6.8 56 8.8 10.2 210 16 313.5 315.1 294.1 339.4 8.32 7 700 3152 12.1 4.5 60 7.6 7.6 220 18 315.9 317.4 294.3 339.7 7.56 8 650 3769 8.2 1.3 62 6.9 4.3 228 20 318.2 319.5 294.0 338.9 6.48 9 600 4426 4.1 -2.8 61 6.9 0.5 233 22 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.6 5.18 10 550 5127 -1.4 -6.3 69 4.9 -3.7 238 25 322.4 323.3 293.5 336.7 4.34 11 500 5879 -7.2 -9.8 82 2.6 -8.4 241 27 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.3 3.64 12 450 6691 -12.9 -14.0 91 1.2 -13.3 243 30 327.1 327.6 293.5 336.8 2.87 13 400 7579 -18.7 -19.0 98 0.3 -18.8 242 32 330.7 331.2 293.9 338.2 2.14 14 350 8561 -25.5 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.5 239 34 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.3 1.37 15 300 9659 -33.8 -33.9 99 0.1 -33.8 238 38 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.73 16 250 10909 -43.8 -43.9 100 0.0 -43.8 240 38 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.31 17 200 12367 -55.9 -56.0 98 0.1 -55.9 242 36 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 18 150 14150 -64.7 -65.8 86 1.1 -64.8 237 31 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.04 19 100 16641 -62.6 -80.4 7 17.9 -62.8 214 21 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.76 m Freezing level: 562.80 mb = 4947.96 m = 16233.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.21 mb = 4504.32 m = 14777.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.80 C = 91.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.63 mb = 643.39 m = 2110.82 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.53 mb = 2919.04 m = 9576.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.16 C = 100.69 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 516.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 361.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.17 mb = 1525.22 m = 5003.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.17 mb = 5095.83 m = 16718.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.17 mb = 11981.45 m = 39308.75 ft B at Equ Level: 514.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.17 mb = 14479.57 m = 47504.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 14.95 Bulk Shear: 34.56 m/s