MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-100.83 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 509 SFC 906 930 30.0 17.1 46 13.0 20.9 141 14 311.9 314.5 297.4 353.8 13.64 3 900 987 29.5 16.0 44 13.5 20.1 142 18 312.0 314.4 296.9 351.3 12.82 4 850 1493 24.8 14.2 52 10.5 17.5 150 23 312.1 314.4 296.5 349.3 12.10 5 800 2021 20.2 12.9 63 7.3 15.3 168 20 312.7 314.9 296.4 348.9 11.76 6 750 2575 16.4 10.2 67 6.2 12.4 204 19 314.4 316.4 296.0 346.9 10.46 7 700 3159 12.4 7.3 71 5.1 9.2 239 25 316.2 318.0 295.6 345.2 9.24 8 650 3777 7.9 1.0 62 6.9 4.1 260 30 317.9 319.2 293.9 338.2 6.35 9 600 4432 3.2 -9.6 38 12.8 -2.5 278 28 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.08 10 550 5129 -2.6 -15.8 36 13.2 -7.5 289 30 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.8 2.03 11 500 5877 -8.2 -21.2 34 13.0 -12.2 296 47 323.1 323.4 291.1 328.0 1.41 12 450 6685 -13.9 -33.5 17 19.5 -18.0 300 44 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.50 13 400 7569 -19.9 -36.2 22 16.2 -22.8 303 45 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.43 14 350 8544 -27.2 -37.2 38 10.0 -28.7 306 52 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.45 15 300 9636 -35.4 -43.5 43 8.1 -36.2 311 58 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.27 16 250 10879 -44.6 -49.2 60 4.7 -44.9 322 58 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.17 17 200 12345 -52.4 -57.2 57 4.7 -52.6 332 53 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.08 18 150 14184 -56.8 -77.7 5 21.0 -57.1 258 25 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.1 -83.3 6 18.2 -65.3 275 10 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.28 m Freezing level: 572.51 mb = 4815.18 m = 15797.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.05 mb = 4176.21 m = 13701.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.45 mb = 2570.16 m = 8432.19 ft T: 16.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.94 mb = 3328.58 m = 10920.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.49 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 42.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1676.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.99 mb = 2804.20 m = 9200.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.99 mb = 3968.18 m = 13018.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.99 mb = 12507.37 m = 41034.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1655.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.99 mb = 15830.39 m = 51936.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 356.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 6.48 Bulk Shear: 258.70 m/s