MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-99.18 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 541 SFC 935 680 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 21.0 144 21 303.2 306.0 296.5 349.5 15.62 3 900 1012 20.8 17.9 83 2.9 18.8 150 37 302.9 305.6 295.7 345.7 14.45 4 850 1510 22.2 16.2 69 6.1 18.0 185 41 309.4 312.0 296.9 351.2 13.74 5 800 2036 18.8 14.3 75 4.5 15.7 203 41 311.1 313.6 296.8 350.7 12.92 6 750 2587 15.0 11.0 77 4.0 12.4 213 39 312.9 315.0 296.0 347.0 11.05 7 700 3172 15.5 -9.0 18 24.5 3.9 264 24 319.6 320.2 291.3 328.8 2.76 8 650 3794 11.2 -16.3 13 27.5 0.0 303 24 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.2 1.65 9 600 4455 5.5 -15.8 20 21.3 -3.0 294 24 322.5 322.9 291.4 328.8 1.86 10 550 5157 -0.8 -17.4 27 16.5 -6.9 286 21 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.2 1.78 11 500 5908 -7.9 -19.2 40 11.4 -11.6 288 23 323.4 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.67 12 450 6715 -15.3 -20.9 62 5.6 -17.0 285 30 324.0 324.3 291.6 329.5 1.61 13 400 7592 -22.2 -31.5 43 9.3 -24.0 286 37 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.68 14 350 8560 -28.2 -45.5 17 17.3 -30.0 283 36 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 15 300 9649 -36.0 -52.1 18 16.1 -37.1 285 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 16 250 10888 -45.7 -57.0 27 11.3 -46.2 279 31 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12343 -54.4 -64.0 30 9.6 -54.6 272 27 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14165 -57.7 -76.9 7 19.2 -58.0 260 27 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16692 -61.4 -84.0 3 22.5 -61.7 205 10 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.33 m Freezing level: 556.51 mb = 5065.59 m = 16619.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.67 mb = 3798.47 m = 12462.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.91 mb = 1258.33 m = 4128.32 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.44 mb = 3496.77 m = 11472.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.40 C = 106.52 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 21.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 547.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1743.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.86 mb = 1738.97 m = 5705.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.86 mb = 4828.17 m = 15840.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.86 mb = 12573.09 m = 41249.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1730.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.86 mb = 15408.43 m = 50551.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 663.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 663.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.1 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.69 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 262.85 m/s