MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.72,-96.57 Latitude: 42.72 Longitude: -96.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 385 30.9 24.8 70 6.2 26.3 344 5 307.0 310.9 300.5 369.6 20.72 2 950 546 30.6 20.7 56 9.9 23.4 341 7 308.2 311.3 298.2 357.9 16.40 3 900 1028 27.6 18.0 56 9.6 20.8 198 4 310.0 312.7 297.6 354.5 14.60 4 850 1533 25.0 14.9 53 10.1 18.1 193 17 312.4 314.8 296.9 351.3 12.66 5 800 2063 21.4 12.6 57 8.8 15.4 200 27 314.0 316.2 296.5 349.6 11.50 6 750 2619 17.1 10.0 63 7.0 12.5 208 31 315.1 317.1 296.1 347.4 10.37 7 700 3205 14.1 -1.5 34 15.6 5.7 227 22 318.1 319.1 292.7 333.9 4.91 8 650 3824 9.4 -6.8 31 16.1 1.5 241 27 319.6 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.54 9 600 4481 3.5 -8.7 40 12.2 -2.0 245 32 320.2 320.9 292.0 331.1 3.30 10 550 5179 -2.6 -10.7 54 8.1 -6.0 249 35 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.2 3.08 11 500 5926 -9.2 -13.8 70 4.5 -10.9 264 35 321.8 322.3 291.9 330.6 2.64 12 450 6731 -15.2 -19.8 68 4.6 -16.6 272 41 324.1 324.4 291.7 330.1 1.76 13 400 7611 -21.4 -29.8 47 8.4 -23.1 276 40 327.2 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.81 14 350 8580 -28.7 -31.5 77 2.7 -29.2 270 36 330.0 330.1 292.5 332.9 0.79 15 300 9665 -37.0 -41.6 63 4.5 -37.5 261 33 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.4 0.33 16 250 10897 -47.2 -51.4 62 4.2 -47.4 266 36 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 17 200 12344 -54.3 -62.8 34 8.5 -54.5 272 39 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14170 -59.1 -75.4 10 16.3 -59.3 249 39 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16706 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.4 -60.9 235 13 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.02 m Freezing level: 571.09 mb = 4884.61 m = 16025.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 4101.52 m = 13456.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.18 % Est. max temperature: 37.30 C = 99.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.17 mb = 1175.05 m = 3855.09 ft T: 26.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 38.54 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2929.83 m = 9612.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.56 C = 105.01 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -8.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3253.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.87 mb = 2064.67 m = 6773.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.87 mb = 3762.02 m = 12342.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.87 mb = 13196.52 m = 43295.14 ft B at Equ Level: 3247.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.7 neg: -8.7 tot: 201.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.67 Bulk Rich Number: 36.32 Bulk Shear: 89.58 m/s