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: 42.57,-97.18 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 958 471 31.6 25.2 69 6.3 26.7 147 6 308.5 312.5 301.3 374.1 21.55 2 950 545 32.6 22.4 55 10.2 25.0 157 11 310.3 313.7 299.8 366.1 18.26 3 900 1032 30.7 16.3 42 14.4 20.6 182 23 313.2 315.7 297.4 353.5 13.06 4 850 1541 26.4 14.6 48 11.8 18.3 195 27 313.8 316.2 297.1 352.3 12.42 5 800 2072 21.8 13.2 58 8.6 16.0 207 28 314.4 316.7 297.0 351.8 12.04 6 750 2629 17.0 11.6 70 5.4 13.4 219 31 315.0 317.2 296.8 350.7 11.49 7 700 3215 15.5 -2.1 30 17.6 6.0 240 31 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.8 4.68 8 650 3838 11.1 -10.0 22 21.0 1.4 256 27 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.6 2.75 9 600 4498 5.1 -14.4 23 19.5 -2.9 257 25 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.1 2.09 10 550 5200 -1.4 -17.0 29 15.6 -7.1 260 28 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.84 11 500 5949 -8.1 -16.4 51 8.3 -11.1 263 31 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.3 2.12 12 450 6757 -14.5 -25.4 39 11.0 -17.3 281 31 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.07 13 400 7639 -20.2 -40.3 15 20.1 -23.2 297 25 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.28 14 350 8615 -27.3 -47.2 13 19.9 -29.4 277 12 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.15 15 300 9702 -36.8 -51.3 21 14.5 -37.8 267 16 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 16 250 10938 -46.4 -59.0 22 12.7 -46.8 278 26 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12385 -55.6 -63.3 38 7.7 -55.8 300 43 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14192 -59.5 -74.7 12 15.2 -59.6 284 31 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.8 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.0 243 7 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.50 m Freezing level: 560.60 mb = 5050.81 m = 16570.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.79 mb = 4046.62 m = 13276.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.35 C = 99.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.61 mb = 1286.89 m = 4222.03 ft T: 28.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 45.42 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3448.35 m = 11313.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.25 C = 109.84 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3226.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.76 mb = 2517.41 m = 8259.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.76 mb = 4164.99 m = 13664.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.76 mb = 13602.46 m = 44626.97 ft B at Equ Level: 3199.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.11 Bulk Rich Number: 36.90 Bulk Shear: 87.46 m/s