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: 42.08,-99.89 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 923 791 27.8 19.9 62 7.9 22.1 121 12 307.9 310.9 298.0 356.4 16.04 3 900 1015 25.5 18.6 65 6.9 20.5 128 16 307.8 310.6 297.4 353.4 15.11 4 850 1516 21.8 16.8 73 5.0 18.3 159 14 309.0 311.7 297.2 352.5 14.33 5 800 2041 18.7 13.5 72 5.2 15.2 201 16 311.1 313.4 296.3 348.7 12.26 6 750 2592 14.6 10.4 76 4.2 11.9 224 19 312.4 314.4 295.6 345.1 10.61 7 700 3173 11.3 2.7 56 8.6 6.3 256 17 315.0 316.3 293.3 336.0 6.67 8 650 3788 7.1 -4.7 43 11.9 1.3 287 16 317.0 317.8 291.8 330.3 4.14 9 600 4440 1.8 -9.9 42 11.7 -3.3 301 17 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.1 3.01 10 550 5133 -4.0 -11.6 56 7.5 -7.1 311 22 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.7 2.87 11 500 5877 -10.1 -15.1 67 5.0 -11.9 306 25 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.7 2.37 12 450 6681 -15.1 -23.9 47 8.8 -17.4 302 29 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.6 1.23 13 400 7560 -21.0 -35.8 25 14.8 -23.6 305 28 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.45 14 350 8532 -28.5 -42.1 26 13.6 -30.1 310 38 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 15 300 9616 -37.5 -41.5 66 4.0 -37.9 307 45 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 16 250 10847 -46.5 -55.0 38 8.4 -46.9 311 54 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.09 17 200 12307 -52.7 -64.6 22 11.9 -53.0 302 56 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14154 -55.1 -78.8 4 23.7 -55.5 263 24 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.01 19 100 16682 -63.8 -83.6 5 19.8 -64.0 228 6 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.14 m Freezing level: 584.37 mb = 4656.45 m = 15276.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.14 mb = 3963.07 m = 13002.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.60 mb = 1789.40 m = 5870.65 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 28.22 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2483.93 m = 8149.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -8.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -7.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.88 C K Index: 40.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2669.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.49 mb = 2057.37 m = 6749.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.49 mb = 3131.03 m = 10272.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.49 mb = 12860.13 m = 42191.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2628.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 309.6 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): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.0 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: 3.37 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 142.30 m/s