MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-97.52 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 957 503 25.9 20.9 74 5.0 22.3 115 9 302.8 305.9 297.0 351.7 16.50 2 950 570 26.5 18.6 62 7.9 20.9 118 13 304.0 306.7 295.9 346.7 14.33 3 900 1045 23.0 14.9 61 8.0 17.5 139 18 305.2 307.4 294.6 340.9 11.95 4 850 1540 18.9 13.8 73 5.0 15.5 164 18 305.9 308.1 294.6 341.3 11.78 5 800 2059 15.4 12.2 81 3.3 13.3 210 17 307.6 309.7 294.7 341.5 11.21 6 750 2605 13.4 2.9 49 10.5 7.4 290 8 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.6 6.28 7 700 3181 9.3 -4.7 37 14.0 2.5 334 14 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.0 3.85 8 650 3791 4.8 -8.2 38 13.0 -1.0 336 23 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.6 3.16 9 600 4438 0.3 -12.0 39 12.4 -4.7 334 25 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.8 2.53 10 550 5128 -5.0 -12.5 55 7.5 -7.9 329 25 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.66 11 500 5870 -10.2 -20.3 43 10.2 -13.3 317 26 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.52 12 450 6674 -15.2 -31.3 24 16.1 -18.6 318 29 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.4 0.62 13 400 7555 -20.4 -42.6 12 22.2 -23.6 314 31 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.22 14 350 8527 -28.4 -44.5 20 16.1 -30.2 314 30 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.21 15 300 9610 -37.5 -50.7 24 13.1 -38.4 321 40 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10843 -46.6 -56.6 31 10.0 -47.0 324 38 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12299 -52.1 -64.4 22 12.3 -52.4 302 40 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14160 -54.1 -79.5 3 25.4 -54.5 299 30 376.8 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16694 -63.6 -83.9 5 20.3 -63.8 314 26 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.17 m Freezing level: 596.74 mb = 4482.56 m = 14706.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3606.43 m = 11831.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.56 mb = 1136.24 m = 3727.78 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2659.57 m = 8725.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.69 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1180.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.72 mb = 1902.84 m = 6242.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.72 mb = 3544.78 m = 11629.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.72 mb = 11685.42 m = 38337.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1161.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.72 mb = 14171.16 m = 46492.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.4 neg: -16.3 tot: 254.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 158.37 m/s