MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.35,-98.23 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 548 SFC 949 560 30.7 22.9 63 7.9 24.9 162 10 308.5 312.0 299.8 365.5 18.79 3 900 1033 29.3 17.5 49 11.8 20.9 178 26 311.7 314.4 297.7 354.9 14.08 4 850 1540 25.0 15.6 56 9.4 18.5 190 29 312.4 314.9 297.3 353.1 13.24 5 800 2069 20.5 14.2 67 6.3 16.1 202 31 313.0 315.4 297.2 352.5 12.82 6 750 2624 17.6 8.8 57 8.7 12.0 225 30 315.6 317.5 295.6 345.5 9.56 7 700 3213 16.7 -6.7 19 23.4 5.0 247 24 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.9 3.31 8 650 3838 11.8 -12.3 17 24.0 1.1 255 16 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.0 2.29 9 600 4499 5.8 -18.2 16 24.1 -3.3 265 15 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.52 10 550 5202 -0.7 -19.3 23 18.6 -7.2 267 19 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.5 1.51 11 500 5953 -7.4 -18.8 40 11.4 -11.2 280 25 324.0 324.4 291.7 330.0 1.73 12 450 6763 -13.7 -24.9 38 11.3 -16.7 295 27 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.0 1.12 13 400 7648 -19.5 -38.0 18 18.6 -22.6 304 20 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.36 14 350 8625 -27.4 -45.2 17 17.9 -29.3 285 18 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.19 15 300 9713 -36.6 -49.3 26 12.7 -37.5 288 23 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.14 16 250 10948 -46.5 -57.5 28 10.9 -47.0 294 27 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12394 -56.5 -60.4 62 3.9 -56.6 300 37 343.2 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14196 -60.8 -74.9 14 14.1 -60.9 306 25 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 221 11 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.38 m Freezing level: 555.07 mb = 5130.53 m = 16832.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3996.56 m = 13111.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.90 % Est. max temperature: 35.19 C = 95.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.70 mb = 1573.57 m = 5162.57 ft T: 24.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 37.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.12 mb = 3580.68 m = 11747.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.79 C = 110.82 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 24.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3078.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 240.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.72 mb = 2344.94 m = 7693.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.72 mb = 4366.17 m = 14324.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.72 mb = 13803.01 m = 45284.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3038.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 279.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.90 Bulk Rich Number: 47.77 Bulk Shear: 64.43 m/s