MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.87,-99.03 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -99.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 531 SFC 933 698 31.4 20.2 51 11.2 23.2 157 15 310.7 313.8 298.7 360.2 16.17 3 900 1015 29.0 17.1 49 11.9 20.6 170 26 311.4 314.0 297.4 353.6 13.75 4 850 1521 25.2 15.3 54 9.9 18.3 189 29 312.5 315.0 297.1 352.4 12.96 5 800 2051 20.6 13.9 66 6.6 16.0 201 30 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.0 12.61 6 750 2605 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.5 208 31 313.4 315.7 296.9 351.4 12.29 7 700 3187 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 216 30 314.1 316.2 296.3 348.5 11.09 8 650 3804 9.8 -11.6 21 21.4 0.4 259 24 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.1 2.42 9 600 4462 4.7 -17.0 19 21.7 -3.6 266 23 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.3 1.69 10 550 5162 -1.5 -19.0 25 17.5 -7.7 263 26 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.55 11 500 5911 -8.4 -20.0 38 11.7 -12.1 268 27 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.56 12 450 6718 -14.5 -28.5 29 14.1 -17.8 276 35 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.9 0.81 13 400 7600 -20.8 -33.6 31 12.8 -23.2 288 35 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.0 0.56 14 350 8573 -27.2 -44.6 18 17.4 -29.2 281 33 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.21 15 300 9665 -35.0 -47.6 27 12.6 -36.1 286 37 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.17 16 250 10912 -44.7 -50.6 52 5.9 -45.0 293 44 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12369 -54.9 -61.2 45 6.4 -55.0 279 54 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.05 18 150 14174 -60.8 -74.9 14 14.1 -60.9 268 29 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -60.7 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 206 15 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.76 m Freezing level: 562.16 mb = 4991.75 m = 16376.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3862.68 m = 12672.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.86 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.72 mb = 2129.25 m = 6985.65 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 32.89 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.28 mb = 2783.63 m = 9132.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.68 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 48.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2452.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.04 mb = 2570.26 m = 8432.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.04 mb = 2972.21 m = 9751.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.04 mb = 3575.71 m = 11731.20 ft B at Equ Level: 20.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 289.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.67 Bulk Rich Number: 23.60 Bulk Shear: 103.93 m/s