MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-98.55 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 546 SFC 944 602 23.4 20.3 83 3.1 21.2 130 17 301.5 304.4 296.4 348.8 16.07 3 900 1017 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 142 34 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.9 14.59 4 850 1515 22.6 14.3 59 8.3 17.0 180 44 309.8 312.1 295.9 346.7 12.12 5 800 2042 20.6 13.4 63 7.2 15.7 213 39 313.1 315.5 296.8 350.7 12.18 6 750 2599 18.0 8.4 53 9.6 11.9 243 34 316.1 317.9 295.6 345.2 9.26 7 700 3185 13.5 1.1 43 12.4 6.5 260 29 317.5 318.6 293.4 336.4 5.93 8 650 3804 9.2 -10.7 23 20.0 0.3 286 25 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.0 2.59 9 600 4461 4.0 -15.6 22 19.6 -3.7 289 26 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.2 1.89 10 550 5160 -1.7 -19.2 25 17.5 -7.8 286 27 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.3 1.52 11 500 5909 -8.1 -22.0 32 13.9 -12.3 281 29 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.32 12 450 6716 -14.6 -25.1 40 10.5 -17.4 282 31 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.7 1.10 13 400 7597 -20.9 -28.8 49 7.9 -22.6 287 34 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.1 0.89 14 350 8570 -27.4 -31.0 71 3.6 -28.1 287 35 331.8 332.0 293.0 334.8 0.82 15 300 9659 -36.1 -37.9 83 1.8 -36.3 288 36 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.4 0.49 16 250 10895 -46.5 -48.3 81 1.9 -46.6 280 29 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.19 17 200 12347 -53.1 -60.5 40 7.4 -53.2 279 34 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14174 -58.7 -76.4 8 17.7 -58.9 255 28 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16697 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.6 220 17 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.71 m Freezing level: 564.81 mb = 4952.79 m = 16249.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3853.79 m = 12643.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.97 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.86 mb = 999.15 m = 3278.03 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 23.57 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.88 mb = 3174.43 m = 10414.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.37 F Cap Strength: 5.90 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1427.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 422.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.04 mb = 1658.85 m = 5442.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.04 mb = 4718.68 m = 15481.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.04 mb = 12313.19 m = 40397.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.04 mb = 15014.53 m = 49259.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 842.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 842.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 280.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.6 stream: 13.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.30 Bulk Rich Number: 4.84 Bulk Shear: 294.84 m/s