MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.82,-97.29 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 963 436 28.9 23.8 74 5.2 25.0 130 11 305.4 309.0 299.5 364.1 19.58 2 950 554 28.5 22.3 69 6.2 23.9 135 17 306.1 309.5 298.8 360.7 18.17 3 900 1034 25.8 20.0 70 5.8 21.6 164 22 308.1 311.2 298.4 358.2 16.57 4 850 1538 25.0 16.8 60 8.2 19.2 209 24 312.3 315.0 298.0 356.3 14.29 5 800 2069 21.5 13.6 61 7.9 16.1 219 29 314.0 316.4 297.1 352.2 12.32 6 750 2628 21.5 -6.1 15 27.6 7.4 235 13 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.5 3.22 7 700 3220 17.0 -11.8 13 28.8 3.9 260 8 321.4 321.8 291.4 328.8 2.21 8 650 3844 11.3 -13.7 16 25.1 0.6 261 15 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.7 2.04 9 600 4504 5.3 -15.8 20 21.1 -3.0 269 21 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.86 10 550 5206 -1.0 -17.3 28 16.3 -7.0 280 22 322.9 323.2 291.4 329.0 1.79 11 500 5957 -7.5 -15.6 52 8.1 -10.5 283 27 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.6 2.27 12 450 6766 -13.9 -19.5 63 5.6 -15.6 291 28 325.8 326.2 292.3 332.1 1.82 13 400 7651 -20.0 -27.7 50 7.8 -21.8 296 26 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.5 0.98 14 350 8626 -27.6 -35.0 49 7.4 -28.7 292 21 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.56 15 300 9715 -36.1 -37.7 85 1.6 -36.2 290 33 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.4 0.50 16 250 10955 -45.7 -46.6 91 0.9 -45.8 288 50 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.23 17 200 12404 -56.0 -61.2 52 5.2 -56.1 290 53 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 14214 -59.4 -76.1 10 16.7 -59.6 288 35 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16726 -62.2 -83.6 4 21.4 -62.4 257 10 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.38 m Freezing level: 558.14 mb = 5091.56 m = 16704.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3950.20 m = 12959.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.75 mb = 1095.36 m = 3593.67 ft T: 25.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 35.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.89 mb = 3317.67 m = 10884.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.82 C = 112.67 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: -7.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.81 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 20.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3382.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.42 mb = 1710.51 m = 5611.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.42 mb = 4122.19 m = 13524.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.42 mb = 13870.00 m = 45504.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3336.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.4 neg: -40.9 tot: 228.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.63 Bulk Rich Number: 29.40 Bulk Shear: 115.04 m/s