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: 42.35,-99.1 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 536 SFC 935 679 26.2 20.5 71 5.8 22.1 141 15 305.2 308.3 297.5 354.3 16.42 3 900 1012 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.2 150 29 306.2 309.0 297.0 351.9 15.23 4 850 1513 23.3 16.0 64 7.3 18.2 177 37 310.6 313.1 297.1 352.1 13.60 5 800 2042 21.2 13.4 61 7.8 15.9 210 34 313.7 316.1 297.0 351.5 12.20 6 750 2598 17.2 10.0 63 7.2 12.5 230 31 315.3 317.3 296.1 347.6 10.35 7 700 3183 13.2 2.3 48 10.9 6.9 260 26 317.1 318.3 293.7 337.6 6.46 8 650 3802 10.0 -12.9 19 22.9 0.1 296 26 320.2 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.18 9 600 4460 4.5 -17.6 18 22.1 -3.8 290 25 321.3 321.7 290.8 326.8 1.60 10 550 5160 -1.4 -20.6 22 19.2 -7.9 275 25 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.1 1.35 11 500 5910 -8.0 -21.2 34 13.2 -12.2 267 28 323.3 323.5 291.2 328.1 1.41 12 450 6717 -14.9 -28.0 32 13.1 -18.0 280 32 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.85 13 400 7598 -19.9 -39.4 16 19.5 -23.0 286 36 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.31 14 350 8574 -27.2 -44.5 18 17.3 -29.2 293 35 332.1 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.21 15 300 9665 -36.1 -51.2 20 15.1 -37.1 293 31 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10903 -45.8 -57.3 26 11.5 -46.3 281 30 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 17 200 12359 -53.7 -66.5 19 12.8 -53.9 291 28 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14177 -59.3 -75.7 10 16.4 -59.5 260 21 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16695 -60.8 -84.0 3 23.2 -61.0 211 16 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.96 m Freezing level: 561.77 mb = 4995.39 m = 16388.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.27 mb = 3824.25 m = 12546.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.28 % Est. max temperature: 35.05 C = 95.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.67 mb = 1413.82 m = 4638.45 ft T: 23.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 25.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2977.03 m = 9767.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.24 C = 99.03 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 36.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2201.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.08 mb = 1964.70 m = 6445.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.08 mb = 4296.21 m = 14094.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.08 mb = 12952.34 m = 42494.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2180.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -154.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 565.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 565.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.27 Bulk Rich Number: 9.96 Bulk Shear: 220.99 m/s