MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.62,-96.97 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 961 434 25.2 23.4 90 1.8 23.9 78 7 301.8 305.3 298.4 358.7 19.25 2 950 534 27.5 22.8 75 4.7 24.0 88 15 305.1 308.6 298.9 361.1 18.69 3 900 1016 28.2 17.3 52 10.9 20.5 118 18 310.6 313.2 297.3 353.2 13.94 4 850 1523 26.8 12.8 42 14.0 17.3 161 18 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.3 10.97 5 800 2055 23.0 10.3 45 12.7 14.7 188 22 315.6 317.5 295.8 346.6 9.89 6 750 2613 18.2 8.4 53 9.8 12.0 205 21 316.4 318.2 295.6 345.5 9.28 7 700 3200 13.6 5.7 59 7.8 8.8 230 22 317.5 319.1 295.2 343.6 8.26 8 650 3820 8.8 1.4 60 7.4 4.6 257 27 319.0 320.2 294.3 339.9 6.55 9 600 4477 3.7 -4.2 56 7.9 -0.3 276 22 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.6 4.66 10 550 5176 -2.1 -11.0 50 9.0 -5.8 284 24 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.6 2.99 11 500 5924 -8.4 -19.3 41 10.9 -11.9 282 32 322.8 323.2 291.3 328.5 1.66 12 450 6733 -13.9 -34.0 17 20.0 -18.0 293 30 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.48 13 400 7616 -20.0 -38.9 17 18.9 -23.0 280 30 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.33 14 350 8591 -27.5 -43.3 21 15.8 -29.4 281 36 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.24 15 300 9680 -36.4 -47.9 29 11.6 -37.2 277 44 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.17 16 250 10917 -46.3 -54.6 38 8.3 -46.6 279 50 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12362 -56.6 -61.7 53 5.1 -56.8 282 52 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14165 -60.1 -74.6 13 14.4 -60.3 266 42 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16679 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 218 8 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.63 m Freezing level: 567.94 mb = 4925.04 m = 16158.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.78 mb = 4438.68 m = 14562.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.09 % Est. max temperature: 38.61 C = 101.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.59 mb = 660.81 m = 2167.98 ft T: 27.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 33.60 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.75 mb = 3022.95 m = 9917.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.44 C = 104.80 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 40.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2921.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 310.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.62 mb = 2059.45 m = 6756.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.62 mb = 3760.63 m = 12337.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.62 mb = 13582.15 m = 44560.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2881.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.29 Bulk Rich Number: 15.88 Bulk Shear: 183.99 m/s