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: 42.69,-99.73 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 520 SFC 927 736 28.5 20.2 61 8.3 22.5 148 17 308.2 311.3 298.2 357.4 16.24 3 900 999 26.6 18.3 60 8.3 20.7 155 30 309.0 311.8 297.5 354.2 14.89 4 850 1505 26.5 13.9 46 12.6 17.8 190 28 313.9 316.1 296.7 350.5 11.84 5 800 2038 23.4 9.0 40 14.4 14.1 222 22 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.4 9.04 6 750 2596 18.7 5.2 41 13.5 10.4 244 21 316.9 318.3 294.4 340.3 7.40 7 700 3183 13.6 1.4 43 12.2 6.7 267 22 317.6 318.7 293.6 336.9 6.07 8 650 3801 8.7 -4.7 39 13.3 2.0 284 25 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.3 4.16 9 600 4457 3.5 -11.7 32 15.2 -3.0 284 28 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.60 10 550 5155 -1.9 -18.6 27 16.7 -7.8 284 30 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.3 1.60 11 500 5904 -7.9 -24.8 24 16.9 -12.7 287 27 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.02 12 450 6713 -14.3 -27.8 31 13.5 -17.6 287 28 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.3 0.86 13 400 7594 -20.7 -30.6 40 10.0 -22.7 284 31 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.8 0.74 14 350 8568 -27.4 -34.7 50 7.3 -28.6 282 29 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.57 15 300 9657 -36.7 -40.0 72 3.2 -37.1 276 31 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10890 -47.4 -48.3 91 0.8 -47.5 279 31 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.19 17 200 12336 -53.0 -65.2 21 12.2 -53.2 283 43 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14172 -57.3 -77.4 6 20.1 -57.6 256 21 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16693 -61.9 -83.9 4 21.9 -62.1 206 18 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.94 m Freezing level: 567.64 mb = 4908.81 m = 16104.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.16 mb = 4055.15 m = 13304.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.54 % Est. max temperature: 36.50 C = 97.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.94 mb = 1799.99 m = 5905.39 ft T: 24.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 30.37 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.26 mb = 3311.81 m = 10865.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.17 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 542.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2361.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.96 mb = 2562.14 m = 8405.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.96 mb = 3954.41 m = 12973.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.96 mb = 12732.32 m = 41772.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2346.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.96 mb = 16216.67 m = 53203.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.84 Bulk Rich Number: 10.31 Bulk Shear: 229.05 m/s