MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-100.28 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 544 SFC 917 853 30.1 16.4 44 13.7 20.5 171 9 310.8 313.2 296.7 350.2 12.88 3 900 1022 27.1 14.8 47 12.3 18.7 177 10 309.5 311.7 295.7 345.6 11.88 4 850 1524 22.2 13.6 58 8.7 16.4 191 9 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.7 11.57 5 800 2047 18.0 10.2 60 7.8 13.0 207 7 310.4 312.2 294.4 340.5 9.84 6 750 2596 13.7 7.2 65 6.4 9.7 237 7 311.4 313.0 293.8 337.8 8.55 7 700 3174 9.7 3.3 65 6.3 6.1 276 12 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.9 6.97 8 650 3785 5.8 -1.1 61 6.9 2.1 289 21 315.5 316.6 292.4 332.8 5.43 9 600 4435 0.8 -6.5 58 7.3 -2.6 296 24 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.93 10 550 5127 -4.6 -11.5 59 6.9 -7.4 300 22 318.6 319.1 291.2 328.1 2.88 11 500 5869 -10.5 -16.4 62 5.9 -12.5 297 22 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.3 2.12 12 450 6670 -16.7 -25.0 49 8.3 -18.8 304 27 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.12 13 400 7543 -23.1 -35.2 32 12.1 -25.1 304 29 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.48 14 350 8510 -29.0 -41.0 31 11.9 -30.5 309 37 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.30 15 300 9593 -37.6 -49.2 29 11.6 -38.4 312 51 332.4 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.14 16 250 10824 -46.8 -55.8 35 9.0 -47.1 313 50 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 17 200 12283 -51.1 -66.3 15 15.1 -51.5 297 37 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.03 18 150 14140 -55.3 -78.8 4 23.5 -55.6 274 24 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -62.7 -84.1 4 21.3 -62.9 280 9 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.62 m Freezing level: 592.66 mb = 4536.53 m = 14883.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.43 mb = 4072.13 m = 13359.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.12 mb = 2571.89 m = 8437.84 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.09 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.21 mb = 2981.92 m = 9783.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.31 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 40.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1618.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.14 mb = 2639.00 m = 8658.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.14 mb = 3521.10 m = 11552.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.14 mb = 11625.86 m = 38142.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1613.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.14 mb = 14981.37 m = 49150.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 316.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 25.73 Bulk Shear: 62.92 m/s