MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.88,-97.60 Latitude: 42.88 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 961 445 27.1 21.8 73 5.2 23.2 131 16 303.7 306.9 297.8 355.4 17.40 2 950 544 27.4 20.7 67 6.8 22.5 133 24 305.0 308.0 297.4 353.8 16.34 3 900 1022 24.8 17.9 65 6.9 19.9 152 36 307.1 309.8 296.8 350.7 14.48 4 850 1523 22.7 14.9 61 7.8 17.4 179 40 309.9 312.3 296.3 348.5 12.65 5 800 2049 19.3 13.3 68 6.0 15.3 201 39 311.7 314.0 296.4 348.9 12.11 6 750 2603 16.2 12.5 78 3.7 13.7 232 38 314.2 316.5 297.1 352.1 12.22 7 700 3187 12.3 8.1 75 4.2 9.6 248 37 316.1 318.0 295.8 346.5 9.71 8 650 3805 8.8 -7.9 30 16.7 0.9 268 23 318.9 319.5 291.6 329.5 3.23 9 600 4461 4.1 -15.2 23 19.3 -3.6 270 25 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.95 10 550 5161 -1.5 -18.5 26 17.0 -7.5 268 28 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.8 1.61 11 500 5910 -8.2 -19.3 40 11.1 -11.8 272 31 323.1 323.4 291.4 328.8 1.66 12 450 6717 -15.1 -21.0 61 5.9 -16.8 275 33 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.8 1.60 13 400 7595 -21.9 -22.8 92 0.9 -22.2 273 33 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.8 1.53 14 350 8565 -27.8 -30.0 82 2.2 -28.3 274 32 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.5 0.90 15 300 9654 -35.9 -40.0 66 4.0 -36.4 254 27 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.2 0.39 16 250 10893 -45.4 -51.8 49 6.4 -45.7 233 19 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.13 17 200 12356 -52.6 -63.0 27 10.4 -52.9 262 20 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14174 -59.0 -76.5 9 17.5 -59.2 251 33 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16701 -61.6 -84.0 4 22.4 -61.8 216 15 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.42 m Freezing level: 563.46 mb = 4972.51 m = 16313.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.91 mb = 3933.11 m = 12903.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.74 mb = 1112.66 m = 3650.42 ft T: 24.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.59 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.43 mb = 2757.33 m = 9046.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.97 C = 100.34 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -5.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 41.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2107.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.73 mb = 1805.91 m = 5924.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.73 mb = 4090.66 m = 13420.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.73 mb = 12755.58 m = 41848.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2084.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.73 mb = 16236.59 m = 53269.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 741.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 741.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 247.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 12.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.72 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 252.30 m/s