MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.18,-97.25 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -97.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 955 485 30.1 24.6 73 5.5 25.9 72 9 307.3 311.2 300.6 370.3 20.81 2 950 529 30.5 23.1 65 7.4 24.9 75 11 308.1 311.7 299.8 365.8 19.03 3 900 1012 28.7 18.2 53 10.5 21.2 110 15 311.1 313.8 297.9 356.1 14.73 4 850 1520 27.3 12.7 41 14.6 17.4 165 17 314.7 316.8 296.3 348.7 10.92 5 800 2053 23.3 9.9 42 13.5 14.6 185 20 316.0 317.9 295.7 346.1 9.60 6 750 2612 18.9 6.7 45 12.2 11.3 206 21 317.1 318.7 295.1 343.2 8.26 7 700 3200 14.8 -1.0 34 15.8 6.2 238 19 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.3 5.09 8 650 3821 9.9 -6.6 31 16.5 1.8 268 19 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.9 3.59 9 600 4480 4.5 -7.7 41 12.2 -1.3 279 25 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.1 3.56 10 550 5181 -1.6 -9.6 54 8.0 -5.1 284 30 322.2 322.8 292.6 333.3 3.35 11 500 5930 -8.6 -12.5 73 3.9 -10.2 279 33 322.5 323.1 292.3 332.2 2.92 12 450 6737 -13.9 -31.2 22 17.3 -17.7 290 33 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.63 13 400 7622 -19.6 -42.6 11 23.0 -23.0 291 28 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 14 350 8598 -27.3 -40.9 26 13.6 -29.1 283 31 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 15 300 9688 -35.5 -39.3 68 3.8 -36.0 280 40 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.42 16 250 10931 -45.4 -50.1 59 4.7 -45.7 280 40 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.16 17 200 12381 -55.7 -63.1 39 7.4 -55.9 286 46 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14184 -60.6 -75.9 12 15.3 -60.7 273 31 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16685 -62.4 -83.8 4 21.4 -62.6 179 3 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.59 m Freezing level: 563.15 mb = 4996.14 m = 16391.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.44 mb = 4204.10 m = 13792.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.89 % Est. max temperature: 38.58 C = 101.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1186.38 m = 3892.27 ft T: 28.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 38.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3223.74 m = 10576.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.62 C = 106.92 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 524.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3119.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.27 mb = 2280.72 m = 7482.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.27 mb = 3894.12 m = 12775.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.27 mb = 13614.53 m = 44666.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3100.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.28 Bulk Rich Number: 18.95 Bulk Shear: 164.61 m/s