MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-99.81 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 539 SFC 924 780 27.7 20.0 63 7.7 22.1 120 12 307.7 310.7 298.0 356.3 16.11 3 900 1017 25.3 18.7 67 6.7 20.6 127 15 307.6 310.4 297.4 353.5 15.21 4 850 1517 21.7 17.0 75 4.7 18.4 160 14 308.8 311.6 297.2 352.7 14.45 5 800 2042 18.9 13.4 71 5.5 15.2 204 17 311.3 313.6 296.3 348.6 12.17 6 750 2593 14.7 10.1 74 4.5 11.7 224 19 312.5 314.5 295.4 344.7 10.43 7 700 3174 11.2 2.5 55 8.7 6.2 256 16 314.9 316.1 293.2 335.5 6.55 8 650 3788 7.0 -4.5 44 11.4 1.3 289 16 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.5 4.23 9 600 4440 1.7 -9.6 43 11.4 -3.2 303 17 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.2 3.07 10 550 5134 -4.1 -11.8 55 7.7 -7.2 311 21 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.82 11 500 5877 -10.1 -15.4 65 5.4 -12.0 308 25 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.4 2.30 12 450 6681 -15.1 -23.5 49 8.4 -17.4 302 29 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.7 1.28 13 400 7560 -21.1 -34.7 28 13.6 -23.5 306 28 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.50 14 350 8532 -28.5 -42.4 25 13.9 -30.1 311 38 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.26 15 300 9615 -37.5 -41.7 65 4.2 -37.9 307 46 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 16 250 10847 -46.5 -55.0 37 8.5 -46.9 312 55 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.09 17 200 12307 -52.6 -64.6 22 12.0 -52.9 302 56 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14155 -55.1 -78.8 4 23.7 -55.4 262 24 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.01 19 100 16682 -63.9 -83.6 5 19.7 -64.1 229 6 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.24 m Freezing level: 585.11 mb = 4646.50 m = 15244.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.59 mb = 3970.78 m = 13027.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.62 mb = 1758.44 m = 5769.08 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 28.14 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2478.26 m = 8130.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -8.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.75 C Cross Totals Index: 27.04 C K Index: 39.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2707.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.11 mb = 2019.13 m = 6624.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.11 mb = 3088.69 m = 10133.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.11 mb = 12735.07 m = 41781.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2683.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 230.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.50 Bulk Rich Number: 19.44 Bulk Shear: 139.26 m/s