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: 42.23,-97.27 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 954 489 30.1 24.7 73 5.4 26.0 73 8 307.3 311.2 300.7 370.6 20.90 2 950 529 30.5 23.2 65 7.3 25.0 76 11 308.1 311.7 299.9 366.1 19.13 3 900 1013 28.4 18.4 55 10.0 21.2 108 14 310.8 313.6 298.0 356.7 15.00 4 850 1521 27.0 13.0 42 14.1 17.5 166 17 314.5 316.6 296.4 349.1 11.13 5 800 2053 23.3 9.9 43 13.3 14.6 187 20 316.0 317.8 295.8 346.2 9.65 6 750 2612 18.9 6.7 45 12.2 11.3 207 21 317.1 318.7 295.1 343.1 8.24 7 700 3200 14.8 -1.1 33 15.9 6.1 237 19 318.8 319.8 293.1 335.1 5.03 8 650 3821 9.9 -6.6 31 16.5 1.8 266 20 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.9 3.59 9 600 4479 4.5 -7.6 41 12.0 -1.2 277 25 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.2 3.61 10 550 5180 -1.6 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.2 283 30 322.2 322.8 292.6 333.2 3.34 11 500 5929 -8.7 -12.6 73 4.0 -10.2 278 34 322.5 323.1 292.3 332.1 2.89 12 450 6736 -13.9 -31.5 21 17.6 -17.8 290 33 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.61 13 400 7621 -19.7 -42.6 11 22.9 -23.0 291 29 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.22 14 350 8597 -27.4 -41.0 26 13.6 -29.1 283 31 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 15 300 9687 -35.5 -39.2 69 3.6 -36.0 280 40 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.43 16 250 10930 -45.4 -49.9 61 4.5 -45.7 280 40 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.16 17 200 12380 -55.7 -63.0 40 7.3 -55.9 285 46 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14183 -60.5 -75.9 12 15.4 -60.7 273 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 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: 5850.35 m Freezing level: 563.34 mb = 4993.10 m = 16381.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.87 mb = 4211.28 m = 13816.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.22 % Est. max temperature: 38.49 C = 101.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.73 mb = 1185.00 m = 3887.74 ft T: 27.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 38.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 3178.79 m = 10428.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.40 C = 106.52 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: -8.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3183.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 269.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.13 mb = 2237.92 m = 7342.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.13 mb = 3844.72 m = 12613.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.13 mb = 13852.31 m = 45446.66 ft B at Equ Level: 3137.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 285.1 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): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 306.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.18 Bulk Rich Number: 20.04 Bulk Shear: 158.88 m/s