MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 43.44,-96.81 Latitude: 43.44 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 955 439 34.8 20.1 42 14.7 24.0 196 14 312.0 315.0 298.8 360.3 15.70 2 950 482 34.0 18.6 40 15.4 22.9 196 18 311.7 314.4 297.8 355.6 14.32 3 900 968 29.2 16.9 47 12.3 20.5 195 24 311.6 314.2 297.3 353.3 13.59 4 850 1474 24.6 15.7 57 9.0 18.4 197 26 312.0 314.5 297.3 352.8 13.31 5 800 2006 24.9 7.0 32 17.9 13.6 212 29 317.7 319.2 294.9 342.5 7.86 6 750 2568 21.3 2.6 29 18.7 10.3 219 27 319.7 320.9 294.2 339.5 6.17 7 700 3160 16.8 -2.0 28 18.8 6.5 215 24 321.1 322.0 293.4 336.4 4.72 8 650 3785 11.4 -2.3 38 13.7 4.0 212 22 321.8 322.8 293.9 338.1 4.98 9 600 4447 5.5 -5.9 44 11.4 -0.1 225 20 322.5 323.3 293.3 336.0 4.11 10 550 5150 -1.0 -7.8 60 6.8 -4.1 236 20 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.6 3.87 11 500 5901 -8.1 -9.1 92 1.0 -8.5 241 22 323.2 323.9 293.3 335.9 3.84 12 450 6710 -13.9 -15.0 91 1.1 -14.3 248 25 325.8 326.3 293.0 334.7 2.64 13 400 7595 -20.2 -22.1 84 1.9 -20.7 248 28 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.62 14 350 8571 -26.7 -33.2 54 6.6 -27.8 258 34 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.3 0.66 15 300 9664 -35.4 -39.3 67 3.9 -35.8 254 33 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.42 16 250 10907 -45.1 -47.5 77 2.4 -45.3 250 32 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.21 17 200 12359 -55.5 -60.7 52 5.2 -55.6 258 40 344.9 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14159 -62.4 -73.7 21 11.2 -62.6 252 32 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16646 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 205 10 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.27 m Freezing level: 557.84 mb = 5039.58 m = 16533.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.53 mb = 4425.67 m = 14519.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 39.77 C = 103.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.12 mb = 2303.70 m = 7557.98 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 23.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.91 mb = 3683.22 m = 12083.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.33 C = 111.79 F Cap Strength: 7.22 C Lifted Index: -6.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2406.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 400.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.04 mb = 2521.39 m = 8272.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.04 mb = 4459.67 m = 14631.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.04 mb = 13411.00 m = 43998.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2392.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -15.5 tot: 73.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 219.49 Bulk Shear: 10.97 m/s