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: 42.55,-98.78 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 528 SFC 941 614 28.4 20.5 63 7.8 22.7 152 18 306.8 309.9 297.9 356.1 16.38 3 900 1008 26.0 18.1 62 7.9 20.4 158 38 308.3 311.0 297.2 352.6 14.65 4 850 1512 25.0 15.6 56 9.4 18.4 187 37 312.3 314.8 297.3 352.9 13.19 5 800 2042 21.9 13.2 58 8.7 16.0 214 33 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.8 12.02 6 750 2599 17.1 11.1 68 6.0 13.1 224 34 315.2 317.3 296.6 349.9 11.15 7 700 3184 12.3 6.5 68 5.8 8.8 237 31 316.1 317.8 295.1 343.5 8.72 8 650 3802 9.3 -11.4 22 20.7 0.2 277 26 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.7 2.46 9 600 4458 4.0 -16.6 21 20.6 -3.9 272 28 320.7 321.1 290.7 326.6 1.74 10 550 5157 -1.8 -20.3 23 18.5 -8.1 266 31 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.7 1.38 11 500 5906 -8.2 -20.9 35 12.6 -12.2 264 37 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.0 1.45 12 450 6713 -14.4 -25.9 37 11.5 -17.3 288 32 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.03 13 400 7596 -19.9 -36.0 23 16.0 -22.8 288 35 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.44 14 350 8573 -26.8 -45.2 16 18.4 -28.9 286 30 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 15 300 9664 -35.8 -44.3 42 8.5 -36.6 283 30 334.9 334.9 293.3 335.9 0.25 16 250 10904 -46.1 -47.0 91 0.9 -46.2 276 37 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.22 17 200 12350 -55.9 -59.5 64 3.5 -56.1 278 38 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14169 -58.4 -76.6 8 18.2 -58.6 260 24 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16694 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.2 229 17 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.46 m Freezing level: 565.74 mb = 4937.06 m = 16197.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3831.68 m = 12570.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.26 % Est. max temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.98 mb = 1615.45 m = 5299.98 ft T: 24.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 26.29 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2925.17 m = 9596.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.10 C = 98.78 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.21 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 605.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2487.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.23 mb = 2181.08 m = 7155.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.23 mb = 4028.92 m = 13218.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.23 mb = 13295.45 m = 43619.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2447.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 505.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 505.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.91 Bulk Shear: 227.94 m/s