MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.77,-100.59 Latitude: 43.77 Longitude: -100.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 536 SFC 936 666 24.9 17.2 62 7.7 19.6 149 6 303.7 306.2 295.1 343.3 13.33 3 900 1012 25.5 16.1 56 9.4 19.0 190 15 307.8 310.2 295.9 346.7 12.86 4 850 1515 24.5 14.3 53 10.2 17.5 213 27 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.0 12.11 5 800 2045 22.1 10.3 47 11.9 14.4 222 27 314.8 316.6 295.6 345.5 9.88 6 750 2602 17.9 7.1 49 10.9 11.2 230 22 316.1 317.7 295.0 342.6 8.46 7 700 3187 12.7 5.0 60 7.7 8.0 236 15 316.5 318.0 294.6 341.2 7.85 8 650 3804 7.2 1.9 69 5.2 4.2 237 16 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.6 6.79 9 600 4457 2.4 -6.0 54 8.4 -1.6 262 25 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.1 4.07 10 550 5153 -3.5 -10.1 60 6.6 -6.4 270 37 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.5 3.21 11 500 5897 -10.0 -15.6 63 5.7 -11.9 276 43 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.5 2.27 12 450 6702 -15.2 -22.8 52 7.6 -17.3 279 35 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.9 1.36 13 400 7581 -21.5 -29.5 48 8.1 -23.1 279 30 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.83 14 350 8551 -28.5 -38.7 37 10.2 -29.9 267 19 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.38 15 300 9636 -37.0 -43.5 51 6.4 -37.6 280 19 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.27 16 250 10868 -47.4 -50.0 74 2.6 -47.6 288 24 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.16 17 200 12310 -56.0 -60.5 57 4.5 -56.1 274 26 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14131 -57.6 -76.9 7 19.3 -57.8 252 26 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16665 -59.2 -84.5 2 25.3 -59.5 202 7 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.59 m Freezing level: 579.68 mb = 4739.78 m = 15550.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.97 mb = 4269.10 m = 14006.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.13 % Est. max temperature: 36.07 C = 96.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.91 mb = 1650.41 m = 5414.65 ft T: 23.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 20.52 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.72 mb = 3298.10 m = 10820.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.55 C = 99.60 F Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 41.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 598.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1846.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.98 mb = 2374.74 m = 7791.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.98 mb = 3994.41 m = 13104.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.98 mb = 12803.93 m = 42007.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1802.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.98 mb = 15792.10 m = 51810.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.4 neg: -33.7 tot: 168.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 22.65 Bulk Shear: 81.51 m/s