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: 42.56,-97.12 Latitude: 42.56 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 92 SFC 959 464 31.5 25.2 69 6.3 26.7 148 6 308.4 312.4 301.2 373.9 21.52 2 950 545 32.7 22.1 54 10.5 24.8 158 11 310.3 313.7 299.7 365.1 17.93 3 900 1033 30.7 16.3 42 14.4 20.5 182 24 313.2 315.6 297.4 353.4 13.05 4 850 1541 26.4 14.6 48 11.7 18.2 194 27 313.8 316.2 297.1 352.2 12.43 5 800 2073 21.8 13.3 58 8.5 16.0 206 29 314.4 316.7 297.0 351.8 12.06 6 750 2629 16.9 11.6 71 5.3 13.4 219 32 314.9 317.1 296.8 350.8 11.52 7 700 3215 15.5 -2.2 29 17.7 5.9 240 31 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.7 4.64 8 650 3839 11.1 -9.6 22 20.6 1.5 256 28 321.5 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.84 9 600 4499 5.1 -14.1 23 19.2 -2.8 257 25 322.0 322.5 291.5 329.3 2.14 10 550 5200 -1.4 -17.2 29 15.8 -7.2 260 28 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.81 11 500 5949 -8.2 -16.3 52 8.2 -11.1 263 31 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.14 12 450 6757 -14.5 -25.1 40 10.6 -17.3 281 31 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.10 13 400 7639 -20.2 -40.3 15 20.2 -23.2 298 25 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.28 14 350 8615 -27.3 -47.0 14 19.7 -29.4 279 12 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 15 300 9702 -36.9 -51.1 22 14.2 -37.8 267 15 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 16 250 10938 -46.4 -59.0 22 12.6 -46.8 276 25 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.3 0.05 17 200 12384 -55.7 -63.2 39 7.5 -55.8 300 42 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14192 -59.4 -74.7 12 15.3 -59.6 284 31 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16714 -61.9 -83.8 4 21.9 -62.1 242 6 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.58 m Freezing level: 560.49 mb = 5052.73 m = 16576.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.65 mb = 4061.79 m = 13325.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.68 % Est. max temperature: 37.37 C = 99.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.84 mb = 1274.86 m = 4182.56 ft T: 28.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 45.21 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.88 mb = 3460.60 m = 11353.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.37 C = 110.07 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -7.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3199.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.51 mb = 2520.44 m = 8269.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.51 mb = 4168.45 m = 13675.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.51 mb = 13611.83 m = 44657.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3168.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 323.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.20 Bulk Rich Number: 35.83 Bulk Shear: 89.28 m/s