MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-97.12 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 953 471 28.9 20.8 62 8.0 23.0 138 12 306.2 309.3 297.8 355.7 16.48 2 950 500 29.5 19.7 56 9.8 22.5 139 15 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.4 15.38 3 900 982 28.4 15.0 44 13.4 19.2 158 29 310.8 313.1 296.1 347.6 12.02 4 850 1488 25.9 13.2 45 12.8 17.3 184 26 313.3 315.4 296.2 348.1 11.26 5 800 2019 21.9 12.0 53 9.9 15.3 204 27 314.5 316.6 296.4 348.8 11.06 6 750 2575 16.9 11.0 68 5.9 13.0 212 28 314.9 317.0 296.5 349.4 11.07 7 700 3159 12.0 8.8 81 3.1 10.0 224 26 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.7 10.24 8 650 3777 8.9 1.7 60 7.2 4.8 258 21 319.1 320.4 294.4 340.4 6.67 9 600 4435 4.1 -3.5 58 7.6 0.2 269 20 320.9 321.9 293.6 336.9 4.93 10 550 5136 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -4.3 274 22 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.3 3.96 11 500 5888 -6.7 -15.6 49 8.9 -10.0 274 23 324.9 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.27 12 450 6701 -13.0 -20.4 54 7.4 -15.3 269 29 326.9 327.3 292.4 332.8 1.68 13 400 7589 -18.4 -40.2 13 21.8 -22.0 264 26 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.29 14 350 8570 -25.7 -48.5 10 22.8 -28.2 250 31 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 15 300 9667 -34.5 -52.8 14 18.3 -35.8 239 36 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.10 16 250 10915 -43.9 -60.7 14 16.8 -44.6 225 30 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12376 -54.8 -64.9 28 10.0 -55.1 218 34 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14175 -61.9 -75.3 15 13.4 -62.0 235 39 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16674 -60.4 -83.9 3 23.5 -60.6 202 9 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.54 m Freezing level: 563.47 mb = 4947.15 m = 16230.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.83 mb = 4464.32 m = 14646.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.97 C = 98.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.20 mb = 1506.35 m = 4942.04 ft T: 25.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.66 mb = 3139.16 m = 10298.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.25 C = 100.84 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 42.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1374.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 258.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.55 mb = 2511.41 m = 8239.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.55 mb = 4427.62 m = 14526.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.55 mb = 13015.57 m = 42701.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1345.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.55 mb = 15522.49 m = 50926.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 307.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 11.95 Bulk Shear: 115.07 m/s