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: 42.42,-97.29 Latitude: 42.42 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 82 SFC 954 498 30.2 24.9 73 5.4 26.2 77 7 307.5 311.5 300.9 371.7 21.17 2 950 532 30.5 23.3 66 7.2 25.2 81 9 308.2 311.8 300.0 366.8 19.33 3 900 1015 27.5 19.3 61 8.2 21.6 105 12 309.8 312.8 298.3 358.1 15.86 4 850 1521 26.2 13.9 47 12.3 17.8 171 14 313.6 315.8 296.7 350.2 11.85 5 800 2053 23.0 10.3 44 12.7 14.7 193 19 315.7 317.6 295.8 346.6 9.87 6 750 2612 18.8 6.4 44 12.4 11.2 212 20 317.0 318.6 294.9 342.6 8.09 7 700 3200 14.6 -2.7 30 17.3 5.4 235 20 318.7 319.5 292.6 333.2 4.49 8 650 3820 9.7 -6.7 31 16.4 1.7 260 20 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.5 3.55 9 600 4478 4.3 -7.1 43 11.4 -1.1 274 25 321.1 321.9 292.6 333.5 3.75 10 550 5178 -1.7 -10.0 53 8.3 -5.3 280 31 322.1 322.7 292.5 332.8 3.24 11 500 5927 -8.7 -13.1 71 4.4 -10.4 275 34 322.4 322.9 292.2 331.7 2.79 12 450 6734 -14.1 -32.8 19 18.7 -18.0 288 33 325.5 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.54 13 400 7618 -19.9 -42.2 12 22.3 -23.2 292 29 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.23 14 350 8593 -27.5 -42.1 24 14.6 -29.3 282 32 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.27 15 300 9683 -35.6 -38.8 72 3.2 -36.0 279 40 335.2 335.3 293.6 336.9 0.44 16 250 10925 -45.5 -49.4 65 3.9 -45.7 278 43 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12374 -55.7 -62.6 42 6.9 -55.9 283 47 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14179 -60.3 -75.7 12 15.4 -60.5 274 32 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16683 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -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: 5845.54 m Freezing level: 564.12 mb = 4980.60 m = 16340.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4215.76 m = 13831.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.89 % Est. max temperature: 38.13 C = 100.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.84 mb = 1185.88 m = 3890.63 ft T: 27.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 40.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 3039.66 m = 9972.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.78 C = 105.41 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -8.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3408.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.89 mb = 2087.15 m = 6847.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.89 mb = 3795.63 m = 12452.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.89 mb = 13700.28 m = 44947.87 ft B at Equ Level: 3389.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.63 Bulk Rich Number: 24.91 Bulk Shear: 136.83 m/s