MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-97.31 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 956 490 31.2 23.8 65 7.4 25.6 161 8 308.3 312.1 300.3 368.4 19.77 2 950 544 33.3 21.0 49 12.3 24.2 167 13 311.0 314.1 299.1 362.2 16.72 3 900 1033 31.8 15.3 37 16.4 20.3 183 27 314.2 316.6 297.1 352.3 12.26 4 850 1543 27.2 14.0 44 13.2 18.1 193 27 314.6 316.9 297.0 351.6 11.90 5 800 2075 22.4 12.7 54 9.7 15.8 204 26 315.0 317.3 296.9 351.2 11.61 6 750 2632 17.4 11.3 67 6.1 13.3 216 27 315.5 317.6 296.7 350.6 11.25 7 700 3219 15.0 0.4 37 14.7 6.8 239 28 319.1 320.2 293.6 337.2 5.63 8 650 3842 11.3 -10.1 21 21.5 1.4 258 28 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.9 2.72 9 600 4503 5.3 -13.0 25 18.3 -2.4 262 27 322.3 322.8 291.7 330.2 2.34 10 550 5205 -1.3 -13.4 39 12.1 -6.2 266 29 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.9 2.48 11 500 5954 -8.1 -15.2 57 7.1 -10.7 265 29 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.2 2.35 12 450 6763 -14.3 -20.7 58 6.4 -16.2 280 30 325.2 325.6 292.0 330.9 1.64 13 400 7645 -20.5 -33.3 31 12.8 -22.9 294 32 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.5 0.58 14 350 8619 -27.5 -48.7 11 21.2 -29.6 284 13 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 15 300 9707 -36.6 -53.7 15 17.1 -37.7 273 14 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.09 16 250 10944 -45.8 -59.4 20 13.6 -46.3 292 29 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12395 -55.0 -64.7 29 9.8 -55.2 303 43 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14200 -60.5 -73.9 16 13.4 -60.6 286 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16716 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 231 6 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5863.52 m Freezing level: 559.84 mb = 5066.60 m = 16622.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 4083.53 m = 13397.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.43 % Est. max temperature: 37.79 C = 100.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.79 mb = 1450.80 m = 4759.79 ft T: 28.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 38.18 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.55 mb = 3706.94 m = 12161.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.94 C = 111.09 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2759.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.97 mb = 2792.90 m = 9162.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.97 mb = 4353.33 m = 14282.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.97 mb = 13379.17 m = 43894.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2742.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 33.42 Bulk Shear: 82.57 m/s