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: 42.67,-97.09 Latitude: 42.67 Longitude: -97.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 443 31.7 25.1 68 6.6 26.7 149 6 308.3 312.3 301.1 373.2 21.31 2 950 546 32.7 21.8 53 10.9 24.6 160 12 310.3 313.6 299.4 363.9 17.53 3 900 1033 30.3 16.8 44 13.4 20.8 183 22 312.7 315.3 297.5 354.3 13.51 4 850 1541 26.1 14.8 50 11.3 18.3 196 27 313.5 315.9 297.1 352.4 12.58 5 800 2072 21.6 13.5 60 8.1 16.0 208 29 314.1 316.5 297.1 352.0 12.21 6 750 2628 16.8 11.6 71 5.3 13.3 221 32 314.8 317.0 296.8 350.6 11.50 7 700 3214 15.5 -2.6 29 18.1 5.8 240 30 319.7 320.5 292.9 334.3 4.51 8 650 3838 11.0 -9.1 23 20.1 1.5 254 27 321.4 321.9 292.0 331.2 2.95 9 600 4497 5.0 -13.5 25 18.5 -2.7 255 25 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.5 2.25 10 550 5199 -1.4 -17.2 29 15.8 -7.2 259 27 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.80 11 500 5948 -8.2 -17.0 49 8.8 -11.2 262 31 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.03 12 450 6756 -14.5 -25.8 38 11.3 -17.4 280 31 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.7 1.04 13 400 7638 -20.1 -41.0 14 21.0 -23.2 297 24 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.26 14 350 8614 -27.3 -46.0 15 18.7 -29.4 276 12 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.18 15 300 9701 -36.9 -50.6 23 13.7 -37.9 268 16 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10936 -46.5 -58.8 23 12.3 -46.9 274 25 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 17 200 12382 -55.8 -62.9 41 7.1 -56.0 298 42 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14190 -59.2 -74.8 12 15.6 -59.4 284 31 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.9 -83.8 4 22.0 -62.1 245 7 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.32 m Freezing level: 560.77 mb = 5047.47 m = 16559.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.71 mb = 4072.93 m = 13362.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.31 C = 99.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.05 mb = 1293.01 m = 4242.11 ft T: 28.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 44.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3401.92 m = 11161.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.42 C = 110.15 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3285.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.87 mb = 2436.51 m = 7993.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.87 mb = 4202.39 m = 13787.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.87 mb = 13711.70 m = 44985.33 ft B at Equ Level: 3243.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 308.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.17 Bulk Rich Number: 38.43 Bulk Shear: 85.50 m/s