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: 42.82,-98.55 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 951 526 26.2 20.9 73 5.2 22.4 146 18 303.7 306.7 297.3 353.0 16.62 2 950 533 26.7 20.3 68 6.4 22.1 147 22 304.3 307.2 297.0 351.9 15.99 3 900 1009 24.3 17.7 67 6.6 19.7 158 41 306.6 309.3 296.5 349.7 14.34 4 850 1510 23.4 15.8 62 7.6 18.1 183 44 310.7 313.2 297.0 351.7 13.41 5 800 2039 21.3 13.7 62 7.6 16.1 216 37 313.9 316.2 297.1 352.3 12.40 6 750 2595 16.8 11.1 69 5.7 13.0 228 37 314.9 317.0 296.5 349.5 11.14 7 700 3180 12.6 4.8 59 7.7 7.9 247 32 316.4 317.9 294.5 340.8 7.75 8 650 3798 9.6 -12.5 20 22.1 0.1 275 29 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.4 2.25 9 600 4455 4.2 -17.0 20 21.2 -3.9 275 31 320.9 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.68 10 550 5155 -1.7 -20.2 23 18.5 -7.9 273 30 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.9 1.40 11 500 5904 -8.1 -21.7 33 13.6 -12.3 272 33 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.8 1.35 12 450 6711 -14.7 -24.9 42 10.2 -17.4 286 31 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.7 1.13 13 400 7592 -20.2 -35.4 25 15.1 -22.9 288 35 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.5 0.47 14 350 8569 -27.0 -43.8 19 16.7 -29.0 286 31 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.23 15 300 9659 -36.0 -47.2 31 11.2 -36.9 281 30 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.18 16 250 10898 -46.0 -50.5 60 4.5 -46.2 273 35 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.15 17 200 12346 -55.3 -60.3 54 4.9 -55.5 274 36 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 14166 -58.4 -76.9 8 18.5 -58.6 254 23 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16696 -60.5 -84.0 3 23.6 -60.7 226 15 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.11 m Freezing level: 564.47 mb = 4952.25 m = 16247.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.02 mb = 3810.67 m = 12502.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.75 % Est. max temperature: 36.18 C = 97.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.15 mb = 1194.79 m = 3919.85 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.63 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.07 mb = 2916.87 m = 9569.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.04 C = 100.48 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 39.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2038.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 295.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.67 mb = 1880.85 m = 6170.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.67 mb = 4324.00 m = 14186.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.67 mb = 13024.39 m = 42730.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2003.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.67 mb = 16120.46 m = 52888.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 696.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 696.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.4 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 267.07 m/s