MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-98.71 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -98.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 530 SFC 941 617 28.2 20.4 63 7.8 22.6 152 18 306.7 309.7 297.8 355.6 16.27 3 900 1009 26.0 17.9 61 8.1 20.2 157 38 308.3 311.0 297.1 352.1 14.47 4 850 1513 24.7 15.6 57 9.1 18.4 185 39 312.0 314.5 297.2 352.6 13.22 5 800 2043 21.8 13.3 59 8.4 16.0 213 34 314.4 316.7 297.1 351.9 12.12 6 750 2600 17.1 11.3 69 5.8 13.3 224 34 315.1 317.3 296.7 350.3 11.29 7 700 3184 12.2 6.9 70 5.3 8.9 236 32 316.0 317.8 295.3 344.2 8.98 8 650 3802 9.4 -11.5 22 20.8 0.2 277 26 319.6 320.0 291.0 327.7 2.44 9 600 4459 4.0 -16.3 21 20.3 -3.8 272 28 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 10 550 5158 -1.9 -20.0 24 18.1 -8.0 265 31 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.42 11 500 5906 -8.3 -20.6 36 12.3 -12.2 264 37 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.1 1.49 12 450 6714 -14.3 -26.0 36 11.7 -17.3 289 33 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.02 13 400 7597 -19.8 -35.6 23 15.7 -22.7 289 34 329.2 329.3 292.0 330.9 0.46 14 350 8574 -26.8 -44.5 17 17.8 -28.9 286 30 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.5 0.21 15 300 9666 -35.8 -43.6 44 7.9 -36.5 283 31 334.9 335.0 293.3 336.0 0.27 16 250 10906 -46.1 -46.7 94 0.5 -46.2 277 37 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.23 17 200 12352 -56.0 -59.3 66 3.3 -56.1 278 39 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.06 18 150 14170 -58.4 -76.6 8 18.2 -58.7 260 25 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16695 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.1 -61.1 229 18 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.54 m Freezing level: 565.93 mb = 4935.07 m = 16190.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.58 mb = 3832.78 m = 12574.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.94 % Est. max temperature: 35.90 C = 96.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.41 mb = 1612.05 m = 5288.82 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 25.88 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2932.73 m = 9621.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.03 C = 98.65 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 43.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 605.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2408.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.18 mb = 2182.35 m = 7159.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.18 mb = 4030.19 m = 13222.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.18 mb = 13298.24 m = 43628.86 ft B at Equ Level: 2365.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 528.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 528.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 176.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.45 Bulk Rich Number: 10.27 Bulk Shear: 234.47 m/s