MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.08,-96.18 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -96.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 966 368 30.6 22.0 60 8.6 24.3 352 14 306.8 310.1 298.6 359.5 17.49 2 950 514 28.7 20.7 62 8.1 22.9 354 21 306.4 309.4 297.8 355.4 16.34 3 900 993 24.4 19.3 73 5.1 20.8 356 20 306.7 309.7 297.5 354.4 15.86 4 850 1492 20.5 18.3 88 2.1 18.9 2 13 307.6 310.5 297.8 355.3 15.80 5 800 2014 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.3 357 1 309.5 312.2 297.3 353.0 14.32 6 750 2565 15.2 11.0 76 4.2 12.4 192 19 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.4 11.08 7 700 3149 13.9 3.9 51 10.0 7.9 206 33 317.8 319.2 294.5 340.9 7.25 8 650 3771 10.9 -0.5 45 11.4 4.6 219 39 321.3 322.4 294.3 339.7 5.69 9 600 4433 5.6 -3.4 52 9.0 0.9 229 37 322.6 323.6 294.0 338.8 4.97 10 550 5137 -0.9 -5.8 69 4.9 -3.3 239 38 323.1 323.9 293.8 337.9 4.51 11 500 5888 -7.5 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.8 245 40 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.6 4.14 12 450 6699 -13.9 -15.6 87 1.7 -14.5 249 39 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.3 2.51 13 400 7583 -20.3 -22.1 86 1.7 -20.8 247 40 328.5 328.9 292.9 334.2 1.63 14 350 8560 -26.4 -34.0 49 7.5 -27.7 245 37 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.62 15 300 9655 -34.7 -43.4 41 8.8 -35.5 229 34 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.6 0.27 16 250 10903 -44.1 -50.0 52 5.9 -44.5 212 37 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12360 -55.9 -58.7 71 2.7 -56.0 207 41 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.07 18 150 14140 -64.1 -71.3 37 7.2 -64.1 222 39 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16654 -60.6 -83.9 3 23.3 -60.9 251 18 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.79 m Freezing level: 556.72 mb = 5041.96 m = 16541.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.20 mb = 4579.69 m = 15025.06 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.98 mb = 1461.13 m = 4793.67 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1897.37 m = 6224.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2565.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.64 mb = 1607.70 m = 5274.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.64 mb = 4382.79 m = 14379.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.64 mb = 13991.67 m = 45903.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2525.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 7.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.6 neg: -47.9 tot: 231.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 226.33 m/s