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: 42.37,-98.32 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -98.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 546 SFC 947 572 30.9 22.7 62 8.1 24.8 163 10 308.8 312.3 299.8 365.6 18.70 3 900 1032 29.4 17.5 49 12.0 20.9 179 25 311.8 314.5 297.7 355.2 14.11 4 850 1539 25.1 15.6 55 9.6 18.5 190 28 312.5 315.0 297.3 353.1 13.19 5 800 2068 20.5 14.1 67 6.4 16.1 201 31 313.0 315.4 297.1 352.4 12.78 6 750 2623 17.7 8.6 55 9.0 11.9 227 29 315.8 317.6 295.6 345.3 9.43 7 700 3213 16.9 -7.2 18 24.1 4.9 249 22 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.7 3.17 8 650 3837 11.8 -13.1 16 24.9 1.0 256 15 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.6 2.15 9 600 4499 5.8 -18.2 16 24.1 -3.3 264 15 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.51 10 550 5202 -0.7 -19.2 23 18.5 -7.2 266 19 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.52 11 500 5953 -7.4 -18.5 41 11.1 -11.2 281 25 324.0 324.4 291.7 330.1 1.77 12 450 6763 -13.7 -24.6 39 10.9 -16.6 294 27 326.1 326.3 291.7 330.1 1.16 13 400 7648 -19.5 -37.9 18 18.4 -22.6 305 21 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.37 14 350 8625 -27.3 -45.2 17 17.9 -29.3 286 18 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.19 15 300 9713 -36.6 -49.0 27 12.4 -37.5 288 23 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.15 16 250 10948 -46.5 -57.7 27 11.2 -46.9 293 28 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 17 200 12395 -56.5 -60.3 62 3.8 -56.6 300 37 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14196 -60.8 -74.8 14 14.0 -60.9 306 26 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 222 11 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.20 m Freezing level: 555.07 mb = 5130.31 m = 16831.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3982.82 m = 13066.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.43 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.43 mb = 1616.77 m = 5304.31 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 37.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.26 mb = 3603.77 m = 11823.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.79 C = 110.82 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 23.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3073.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.81 mb = 2376.56 m = 7797.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.81 mb = 4405.39 m = 14453.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.81 mb = 13530.97 m = 44392.42 ft B at Equ Level: 3069.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.2 neg: -3.9 tot: 266.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.80 Bulk Rich Number: 49.45 Bulk Shear: 62.15 m/s