MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.35,-99.96 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -99.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 543 SFC 923 800 24.3 19.0 73 5.3 20.6 134 14 304.4 307.2 296.5 349.7 15.21 3 900 1017 23.5 18.3 73 5.2 19.9 140 26 305.8 308.5 296.7 350.4 14.89 4 850 1517 22.4 15.1 63 7.3 17.4 163 26 309.6 312.0 296.3 348.6 12.79 5 800 2043 19.7 12.1 61 7.6 14.7 195 23 312.2 314.3 295.8 346.5 11.15 6 750 2596 16.3 9.3 63 7.1 11.8 224 23 314.3 316.2 295.5 344.9 9.83 7 700 3180 12.1 6.2 67 5.9 8.5 245 22 315.9 317.5 295.0 342.6 8.52 8 650 3796 7.3 2.2 70 5.1 4.4 278 18 317.2 318.5 294.1 339.1 6.92 9 600 4450 2.5 -9.0 42 11.5 -2.7 317 16 319.0 319.6 291.6 329.5 3.22 10 550 5145 -3.4 -17.6 32 14.2 -8.4 320 19 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.75 11 500 5890 -9.2 -21.2 37 12.0 -12.9 317 37 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.7 1.41 12 450 6696 -15.0 -23.0 51 8.0 -17.2 307 47 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.34 13 400 7575 -21.5 -38.1 21 16.5 -24.1 305 40 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.36 14 350 8546 -28.3 -40.1 31 11.8 -29.9 304 37 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.33 15 300 9630 -36.9 -43.2 52 6.3 -37.5 305 42 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.28 16 250 10867 -45.7 -56.3 29 10.6 -46.2 311 53 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12324 -54.5 -63.2 33 8.7 -54.6 305 65 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14155 -56.5 -78.7 4 22.2 -56.8 286 27 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.5 -62.7 260 4 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.59 m Freezing level: 579.04 mb = 4741.43 m = 15555.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.03 mb = 4195.09 m = 13763.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.68 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.37 mb = 1472.03 m = 4829.45 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 2995.67 m = 9828.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.05 C = 95.10 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2002.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.88 mb = 2108.55 m = 6917.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.88 mb = 3810.53 m = 12501.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.88 mb = 12687.79 m = 41626.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1976.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.88 mb = 15603.20 m = 51190.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 389.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.55 Bulk Rich Number: 7.44 Bulk Shear: 269.25 m/s