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: 42.82,-96.74 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 966 399 31.6 25.0 68 6.6 26.6 152 7 307.7 311.7 300.9 371.7 21.09 2 950 550 32.3 21.2 52 11.0 24.2 163 15 309.9 313.1 299.0 361.6 16.96 3 900 1036 29.4 17.4 49 12.0 20.9 184 24 311.8 314.5 297.7 355.0 14.06 4 850 1543 25.5 15.2 53 10.3 18.3 198 29 312.8 315.3 297.1 352.4 12.85 5 800 2073 20.9 13.8 64 7.1 16.1 209 31 313.4 315.8 297.1 352.1 12.51 6 750 2628 16.4 11.8 74 4.6 13.3 223 34 314.3 316.6 296.8 350.6 11.69 7 700 3214 15.5 -3.0 28 18.4 5.7 241 29 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.9 4.39 8 650 3837 10.8 -8.5 25 19.3 1.7 252 27 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.4 3.10 9 600 4496 4.9 -11.8 29 16.6 -2.3 256 25 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.59 10 550 5197 -1.5 -17.0 29 15.6 -7.2 258 27 322.4 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.83 11 500 5946 -8.3 -18.3 44 10.0 -11.6 262 31 323.0 323.3 291.5 329.1 1.81 12 450 6754 -14.5 -26.6 35 12.2 -17.5 282 32 325.1 325.2 291.3 328.5 0.96 13 400 7637 -19.7 -42.6 11 22.9 -23.1 299 20 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 14 350 8613 -27.5 -42.4 23 14.9 -29.3 277 11 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.26 15 300 9700 -37.0 -48.9 28 11.9 -37.9 272 17 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.15 16 250 10934 -46.7 -58.1 26 11.4 -47.1 271 25 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.9 0.06 17 200 12377 -56.3 -62.7 45 6.4 -56.5 294 39 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14187 -58.9 -75.3 10 16.4 -59.2 285 27 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16713 -62.0 -83.8 4 21.8 -62.3 229 10 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.02 m Freezing level: 561.50 mb = 5035.92 m = 16521.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4105.22 m = 13468.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.00 % Est. max temperature: 37.02 C = 98.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.51 mb = 1240.09 m = 4068.50 ft T: 27.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 43.13 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.80 mb = 3313.07 m = 10869.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.60 C = 110.47 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -8.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 569.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3383.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.28 mb = 2276.29 m = 7468.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.28 mb = 4012.54 m = 13164.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.28 mb = 13538.88 m = 44418.34 ft B at Equ Level: 3367.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 316.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.69 Bulk Rich Number: 38.77 Bulk Shear: 87.27 m/s