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: 42.75,-98.15 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 956 497 31.5 22.7 60 8.8 24.9 162 11 308.6 312.1 299.6 364.7 18.48 2 950 548 31.8 21.3 54 10.5 24.0 164 15 309.5 312.7 299.0 361.3 17.00 3 900 1032 28.5 18.0 53 10.4 21.0 175 25 310.8 313.6 297.8 355.6 14.62 4 850 1538 24.4 16.0 60 8.3 18.5 190 29 311.7 314.2 297.4 353.4 13.62 5 800 2066 20.0 14.5 71 5.4 16.3 205 31 312.4 314.9 297.3 352.8 13.14 6 750 2621 17.9 7.2 50 10.7 11.2 226 29 316.0 317.7 295.0 342.9 8.55 7 700 3210 16.7 -7.4 18 24.1 4.8 246 22 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.3 3.12 8 650 3834 11.6 -13.0 16 24.7 0.9 260 15 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.4 2.15 9 600 4495 5.7 -18.4 16 24.1 -3.4 264 16 322.7 323.0 291.1 327.9 1.49 10 550 5198 -0.8 -18.9 24 18.0 -7.2 262 20 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.5 1.56 11 500 5949 -7.4 -21.5 32 14.1 -11.8 273 24 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.38 12 450 6759 -13.6 -25.8 35 12.1 -16.8 291 28 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.8 1.04 13 400 7644 -19.6 -39.0 16 19.5 -22.7 302 22 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.33 14 350 8620 -27.4 -45.8 16 18.4 -29.4 286 19 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.18 15 300 9708 -36.6 -50.8 22 14.2 -37.5 281 21 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 16 250 10943 -46.7 -56.9 30 10.2 -47.1 289 26 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12388 -56.8 -60.5 63 3.7 -56.9 299 36 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14191 -60.2 -75.6 12 15.4 -60.4 304 24 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.3 -61.7 223 13 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.34 m Freezing level: 556.40 mb = 5108.05 m = 16758.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.49 mb = 3969.02 m = 13021.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.27 mb = 1617.50 m = 5306.68 ft T: 23.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 36.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.63 mb = 3533.58 m = 11592.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.27 C = 111.69 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.31 C Showalter Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 23.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3093.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 239.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.98 mb = 2250.82 m = 7384.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.98 mb = 4386.31 m = 14390.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.98 mb = 13481.30 m = 44229.46 ft B at Equ Level: 3090.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 268.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.86 Bulk Rich Number: 45.23 Bulk Shear: 68.41 m/s