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: 42.28,-97.29 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 954 493 30.1 24.7 73 5.4 26.0 73 8 307.4 311.3 300.7 370.9 20.98 2 950 530 30.5 23.2 65 7.3 25.0 77 10 308.1 311.8 299.9 366.5 19.23 3 900 1014 28.2 18.7 57 9.4 21.3 107 13 310.5 313.4 298.1 357.2 15.27 4 850 1521 26.8 13.3 43 13.6 17.6 167 16 314.2 316.4 296.5 349.4 11.34 5 800 2053 23.2 10.0 43 13.2 14.6 188 20 315.9 317.8 295.8 346.3 9.71 6 750 2612 18.9 6.7 45 12.2 11.3 207 21 317.1 318.7 295.0 343.0 8.22 7 700 3200 14.7 -1.3 33 16.0 6.0 235 20 318.8 319.7 293.0 334.8 4.96 8 650 3821 9.8 -6.6 31 16.4 1.8 264 20 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.9 3.60 9 600 4479 4.4 -7.4 42 11.8 -1.2 276 25 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.3 3.66 10 550 5180 -1.6 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.2 282 30 322.1 322.8 292.6 333.2 3.34 11 500 5929 -8.7 -12.7 72 4.1 -10.3 277 34 322.5 323.0 292.3 332.1 2.87 12 450 6736 -14.0 -31.8 21 17.9 -17.9 289 33 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.59 13 400 7620 -19.8 -42.5 11 22.8 -23.1 291 29 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.23 14 350 8596 -27.4 -41.1 26 13.7 -29.2 283 32 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 15 300 9686 -35.5 -39.1 70 3.5 -36.0 280 40 335.3 335.4 293.6 336.9 0.43 16 250 10928 -45.5 -49.7 62 4.3 -45.7 279 41 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.16 17 200 12378 -55.7 -62.9 40 7.2 -55.9 284 46 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14182 -60.4 -75.9 11 15.5 -60.6 273 31 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16684 -62.4 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.6 178 3 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.11 m Freezing level: 563.53 mb = 4990.07 m = 16371.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.28 mb = 4218.78 m = 13840.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.56 % Est. max temperature: 38.40 C = 101.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.75 mb = 1185.27 m = 3888.64 ft T: 27.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 39.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.27 mb = 3136.05 m = 10288.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.19 C = 106.15 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -8.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 32.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3257.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.92 mb = 2196.06 m = 7204.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.92 mb = 3796.01 m = 12453.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.92 mb = 13702.61 m = 44955.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3233.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 295.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.08 Bulk Rich Number: 21.26 Bulk Shear: 153.21 m/s