MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.84,-96.22 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 977 400 22.3 16.2 68 6.2 18.2 181 9 297.5 299.6 292.3 332.0 11.91 2 950 638 19.7 13.3 66 6.5 15.6 179 14 297.2 299.0 290.7 326.6 10.13 3 900 1101 15.3 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 175 15 297.3 299.1 290.7 326.3 10.00 4 850 1583 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 172 15 298.0 299.7 290.0 324.2 8.96 5 800 2089 11.1 2.9 57 8.2 6.6 194 12 303.0 304.1 289.0 320.8 5.91 6 750 2627 9.6 4.5 70 5.1 6.7 219 9 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.5 7.06 7 700 3199 7.2 1.4 66 5.8 4.1 240 8 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.05 8 650 3805 3.5 -2.7 64 6.2 0.4 269 9 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.82 9 600 4448 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.9 288 12 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.5 3.95 10 550 5134 -7.1 -10.0 80 2.9 -8.2 291 18 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.2 3.26 11 500 5870 -12.0 -13.2 90 1.2 -12.4 294 19 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.6 2.76 12 450 6670 -16.3 -17.3 92 1.0 -16.7 287 14 322.7 323.1 291.7 330.1 2.18 13 400 7546 -22.3 -22.5 98 0.2 -22.3 258 10 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.5 1.57 14 350 8513 -29.8 -32.6 76 2.8 -30.3 247 11 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.70 15 300 9594 -37.3 -37.5 99 0.1 -37.4 221 20 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.6 0.51 16 250 10825 -47.6 -47.7 99 0.1 -47.6 212 29 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.21 17 200 12274 -52.3 -66.2 17 13.9 -52.6 260 21 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.0 0.03 18 150 14129 -55.2 -78.9 4 23.7 -55.5 296 28 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 19 100 16671 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -62.9 300 27 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.74 m Freezing level: 617.56 mb = 4222.13 m = 13851.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.66 mb = 3858.47 m = 12658.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.91 mb = 1177.31 m = 3862.51 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1525.11 m = 5003.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.80 C = 73.03 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 27.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7041.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.71 mb = 1448.18 m = 4751.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 32.04 m/s