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: 42.26,-97.47 Latitude: 42.26 Longitude: -97.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 952 513 30.0 24.7 73 5.3 26.0 69 8 307.5 311.4 300.8 371.2 21.04 2 950 529 30.4 23.7 68 6.7 25.4 71 9 308.0 311.8 300.2 368.1 19.80 3 900 1012 28.1 18.9 57 9.2 21.5 101 14 310.5 313.4 298.2 357.8 15.48 4 850 1520 26.9 13.4 43 13.6 17.7 162 16 314.4 316.5 296.6 349.8 11.41 5 800 2052 23.4 10.0 43 13.4 14.7 185 20 316.1 318.0 295.8 346.5 9.70 6 750 2612 18.9 7.2 46 11.7 11.6 202 22 317.1 318.8 295.3 344.0 8.52 7 700 3199 14.6 0.9 39 13.7 6.8 229 23 318.6 319.8 293.6 337.3 5.83 8 650 3820 9.9 -5.5 33 15.4 2.2 264 21 320.2 320.9 292.5 332.9 3.89 9 600 4479 4.5 -7.0 43 11.6 -1.0 274 26 321.4 322.1 292.7 333.7 3.76 10 550 5180 -1.6 -8.7 59 7.1 -4.8 279 30 322.2 322.9 292.8 334.1 3.61 11 500 5929 -8.6 -12.3 75 3.7 -10.1 275 33 322.6 323.2 292.4 332.5 2.98 12 450 6737 -13.9 -31.4 21 17.5 -17.7 288 32 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 13 400 7621 -19.8 -43.0 11 23.3 -23.1 290 28 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.21 14 350 8597 -27.3 -39.2 32 11.9 -29.0 282 31 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.37 15 300 9687 -35.5 -38.9 71 3.4 -35.9 280 40 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10929 -45.6 -49.1 67 3.5 -45.8 279 42 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 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 14182 -60.0 -76.2 10 16.2 -60.2 272 32 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16684 -62.3 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.6 173 3 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.99 m Freezing level: 563.23 mb = 4994.25 m = 16385.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.75 mb = 4265.61 m = 13994.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.59 % Est. max temperature: 38.45 C = 101.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.14 mb = 1190.17 m = 3904.72 ft T: 27.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 38.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.11 mb = 3101.32 m = 10174.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.76 C = 105.37 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: -8.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3313.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 255.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.28 mb = 2202.26 m = 7225.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.28 mb = 3803.85 m = 12479.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.28 mb = 13727.79 m = 45038.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3285.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 337.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.62 Bulk Rich Number: 20.46 Bulk Shear: 161.97 m/s