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: 42.58,-97.28 Latitude: 42.58 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 957 483 31.6 25.2 69 6.4 26.7 146 6 308.7 312.8 301.4 374.6 21.61 2 950 544 32.5 22.9 57 9.6 25.3 155 9 310.1 313.7 300.1 367.6 18.81 3 900 1031 30.8 16.3 42 14.5 20.6 181 22 313.2 315.7 297.4 353.5 13.06 4 850 1540 26.5 14.6 48 11.9 18.3 196 26 313.9 316.3 297.1 352.3 12.40 5 800 2072 21.9 13.2 58 8.8 16.0 208 28 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.8 12.00 6 750 2629 17.0 11.5 70 5.6 13.3 219 31 315.1 317.3 296.8 350.7 11.44 7 700 3215 15.4 -1.9 30 17.4 6.0 240 30 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.9 4.74 8 650 3838 11.1 -10.7 21 21.8 1.2 256 27 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.2 2.60 9 600 4498 5.1 -14.9 22 20.0 -3.0 257 25 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.8 2.00 10 550 5199 -1.4 -16.7 30 15.3 -7.1 260 29 322.4 322.8 291.4 328.8 1.88 11 500 5949 -8.1 -16.6 51 8.4 -11.1 264 30 323.1 323.6 291.8 330.3 2.09 12 450 6756 -14.4 -25.9 37 11.6 -17.3 280 32 325.1 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.02 13 400 7639 -20.2 -40.2 15 20.0 -23.2 296 26 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.29 14 350 8615 -27.3 -47.6 13 20.3 -29.4 275 12 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.15 15 300 9702 -36.8 -51.7 20 14.9 -37.8 265 16 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.11 16 250 10938 -46.3 -59.1 22 12.8 -46.8 281 26 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12385 -55.5 -63.5 36 8.0 -55.7 300 43 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14192 -59.6 -74.6 13 15.0 -59.7 284 31 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.7 -83.8 4 22.1 -61.9 245 7 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.46 m Freezing level: 560.77 mb = 5048.07 m = 16561.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 4021.84 m = 13194.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.25 % Est. max temperature: 37.33 C = 99.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.64 mb = 1306.34 m = 4285.83 ft T: 28.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 45.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.84 mb = 3436.05 m = 11272.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.06 C = 109.51 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 565.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3252.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.53 mb = 2519.59 m = 8266.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.53 mb = 4167.62 m = 13673.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.53 mb = 13611.11 m = 44655.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3227.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 302.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.93 Bulk Rich Number: 38.39 Bulk Shear: 84.73 m/s