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: 42.85,-96.30 Latitude: 42.85 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30.2 25.2 75 5.0 26.4 356 3 306.3 310.3 300.7 370.6 21.30 2 950 548 30.3 21.3 58 9.1 23.7 0 2 308.0 311.2 298.6 359.4 16.99 3 900 1030 27.6 18.1 56 9.5 20.8 192 8 309.9 312.7 297.6 354.5 14.64 4 850 1535 24.4 15.4 57 9.0 18.2 193 18 311.7 314.2 297.0 351.9 13.09 5 800 2064 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 15.6 202 28 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.4 12.00 6 750 2619 16.5 10.8 69 5.7 12.7 212 34 314.5 316.6 296.3 348.4 10.91 7 700 3204 13.7 -0.2 38 14.0 6.0 231 24 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.9 5.37 8 650 3823 9.2 -6.5 33 15.6 1.5 242 27 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.2 3.63 9 600 4479 3.4 -8.4 41 11.9 -2.0 246 32 320.1 320.7 292.0 331.1 3.37 10 550 5177 -2.7 -10.7 54 7.9 -6.1 250 34 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.0 3.08 11 500 5923 -9.1 -14.4 65 5.3 -11.1 264 37 321.9 322.4 291.8 330.3 2.50 12 450 6729 -15.2 -22.8 52 7.6 -17.3 271 43 324.1 324.4 291.4 328.8 1.36 13 400 7608 -21.4 -28.9 51 7.5 -23.0 278 38 327.2 327.3 291.8 330.3 0.88 14 350 8579 -28.4 -32.2 70 3.7 -29.1 262 37 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.1 0.73 15 300 9664 -37.1 -40.9 67 3.9 -37.5 256 33 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.36 16 250 10896 -47.3 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.4 265 35 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12344 -54.3 -62.4 36 8.1 -54.5 268 37 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14169 -59.0 -75.1 11 16.2 -59.2 249 38 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16707 -60.5 -84.1 3 23.6 -60.7 230 16 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.53 m Freezing level: 572.30 mb = 4865.46 m = 15962.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 4099.62 m = 13450.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.27 % Est. max temperature: 36.57 C = 97.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.37 mb = 1036.49 m = 3400.52 ft T: 27.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 41.76 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2694.13 m = 8838.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.68 C = 101.63 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3334.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.62 mb = 2013.56 m = 6606.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.62 mb = 3700.04 m = 12139.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.62 mb = 13389.10 m = 43926.97 ft B at Equ Level: 3310.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 222.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 42.51 Bulk Shear: 78.44 m/s