MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-98.86 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 539 SFC 937 661 26.2 20.3 70 5.9 21.9 141 16 304.9 307.9 297.3 353.3 16.19 3 900 1016 24.2 18.1 69 6.0 19.9 150 31 306.4 309.1 296.7 350.5 14.69 4 850 1516 22.7 16.0 66 6.7 18.0 175 38 309.9 312.5 296.9 351.2 13.54 5 800 2044 20.7 13.8 65 6.9 16.0 207 36 313.2 315.6 297.0 351.8 12.51 6 750 2600 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 12.9 230 33 315.1 317.2 296.4 348.9 10.84 7 700 3184 12.9 3.8 54 9.1 7.5 252 28 316.7 318.1 294.2 339.4 7.18 8 650 3803 9.7 -12.1 20 21.8 0.2 292 25 319.9 320.4 291.0 327.7 2.32 9 600 4461 4.4 -16.9 20 21.3 -3.7 290 24 321.2 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.70 10 550 5161 -1.4 -19.4 24 18.0 -7.6 278 26 322.5 322.7 291.0 327.6 1.50 11 500 5911 -7.9 -20.3 36 12.4 -11.9 272 28 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.6 1.52 12 450 6718 -14.8 -26.4 37 11.5 -17.7 284 33 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 0.98 13 400 7599 -20.0 -36.8 21 16.9 -22.8 287 35 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.41 14 350 8576 -27.0 -42.8 21 15.7 -29.0 294 35 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.25 15 300 9667 -35.9 -49.5 24 13.6 -37.0 292 31 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10906 -45.5 -56.2 29 10.7 -46.0 283 29 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.08 17 200 12364 -53.8 -65.3 23 11.5 -54.0 293 25 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14178 -59.2 -75.8 10 16.6 -59.5 264 24 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.3 212 15 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.27 m Freezing level: 561.86 mb = 4994.83 m = 16387.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.51 mb = 3834.86 m = 12581.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.68 % Est. max temperature: 34.74 C = 94.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.20 mb = 1412.01 m = 4632.53 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 24.78 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2974.16 m = 9757.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.16 C = 98.89 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1997.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 255.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.24 mb = 1954.70 m = 6412.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.24 mb = 4416.42 m = 14489.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.24 mb = 12915.83 m = 42374.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1970.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.24 mb = 15924.69 m = 52245.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 608.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 608.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.15 Bulk Rich Number: 8.64 Bulk Shear: 231.13 m/s