MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.75,-96.89 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 957 411 31.8 25.4 69 6.5 26.9 29 3 308.9 313.0 301.5 375.3 21.79 2 950 475 32.0 22.5 57 9.5 24.9 48 3 309.7 313.1 299.7 365.4 18.30 3 900 961 29.7 17.9 49 11.8 21.2 135 5 312.1 314.9 298.0 356.6 14.49 4 850 1469 27.0 14.2 45 12.8 18.2 176 14 314.4 316.7 297.0 351.8 12.05 5 800 2003 23.6 11.1 45 12.5 15.3 197 21 316.3 318.3 296.4 349.1 10.46 6 750 2563 19.8 7.5 45 12.3 12.0 210 27 318.1 319.8 295.7 345.7 8.73 7 700 3153 16.0 1.8 38 14.2 7.8 227 26 320.2 321.4 294.4 340.3 6.24 8 650 3777 11.1 -2.1 40 13.2 3.9 239 21 321.5 322.5 293.8 337.9 5.04 9 600 4438 5.1 -4.7 49 9.8 0.1 245 20 322.0 322.9 293.5 336.8 4.51 10 550 5140 -1.3 -6.8 66 5.5 -4.0 246 23 322.5 323.3 293.4 336.2 4.16 11 500 5891 -7.8 -10.1 83 2.3 -8.8 244 26 323.5 324.2 293.2 335.3 3.54 12 450 6701 -13.8 -21.0 55 7.2 -16.0 262 33 325.8 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.59 13 400 7586 -19.0 -24.2 64 5.2 -20.4 272 30 330.3 330.5 293.1 335.1 1.35 14 350 8570 -24.5 -32.4 48 8.0 -26.0 277 24 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.5 0.72 15 300 9672 -33.5 -42.0 42 8.4 -34.5 279 20 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.4 0.32 16 250 10922 -44.4 -47.4 72 3.0 -44.6 282 22 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.9 0.21 17 200 12377 -56.4 -57.9 83 1.5 -56.5 290 25 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.08 18 150 14158 -63.7 -72.5 29 8.7 -63.8 271 20 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16661 -62.6 -83.7 4 21.1 -62.9 240 15 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.32 m Freezing level: 560.41 mb = 4994.20 m = 16384.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.33 mb = 4460.66 m = 14634.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.09 % Est. max temperature: 38.93 C = 102.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.29 mb = 1239.15 m = 4065.42 ft T: 28.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 43.97 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.18 mb = 3345.73 m = 10976.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.42 C = 110.16 F Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.13 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3114.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 292.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.99 mb = 2311.98 m = 7585.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.99 mb = 4074.89 m = 13368.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.99 mb = 14283.09 m = 46859.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3067.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 41.93 Bulk Shear: 74.27 m/s