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: 42.24,-97.42 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 952 506 30.0 24.7 73 5.3 26.0 70 8 307.4 311.3 300.8 371.0 21.00 2 950 529 30.4 23.6 67 6.9 25.3 72 10 308.1 311.7 300.1 367.6 19.62 3 900 1012 28.3 18.8 56 9.5 21.4 103 14 310.6 313.5 298.2 357.4 15.30 4 850 1520 27.0 13.2 42 13.8 17.6 163 16 314.5 316.6 296.5 349.5 11.28 5 800 2053 23.4 10.0 43 13.4 14.6 185 20 316.1 318.0 295.8 346.4 9.66 6 750 2612 18.9 7.1 46 11.9 11.5 203 22 317.1 318.8 295.2 343.8 8.45 7 700 3200 14.6 0.5 38 14.1 6.7 230 22 318.7 319.8 293.6 336.9 5.69 8 650 3821 9.9 -5.8 32 15.7 2.1 264 21 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.6 3.81 9 600 4479 4.5 -7.2 42 11.7 -1.1 275 25 321.3 322.1 292.7 333.6 3.71 10 550 5180 -1.6 -8.9 58 7.3 -4.9 280 30 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.9 3.55 11 500 5929 -8.6 -12.4 74 3.8 -10.1 276 33 322.6 323.1 292.4 332.4 2.96 12 450 6737 -13.9 -31.3 21 17.4 -17.7 289 32 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 13 400 7621 -19.7 -42.9 11 23.2 -23.1 290 28 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 14 350 8597 -27.3 -39.5 31 12.2 -29.0 282 31 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 15 300 9687 -35.5 -39.0 70 3.5 -35.9 280 40 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10930 -45.5 -49.4 65 3.8 -45.7 279 41 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.17 17 200 12379 -55.7 -63.0 40 7.3 -55.9 284 47 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14183 -60.2 -76.1 11 16.0 -60.3 273 32 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16684 -62.3 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.6 174 3 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.40 m Freezing level: 563.20 mb = 4994.77 m = 16386.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.97 mb = 4249.40 m = 13941.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.95 % Est. max temperature: 38.49 C = 101.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.50 mb = 1186.57 m = 3892.89 ft T: 27.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 38.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.05 mb = 3126.22 m = 10256.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.93 C = 105.68 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: -8.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 532.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3264.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.60 mb = 2220.96 m = 7286.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.60 mb = 3825.57 m = 12550.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.60 mb = 13793.79 m = 45254.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3227.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.53 Bulk Rich Number: 20.06 Bulk Shear: 162.73 m/s