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: 42.89,-98.70 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 529 SFC 949 536 26.9 21.1 71 5.7 22.7 148 18 304.5 307.6 297.7 354.8 16.85 3 900 1007 24.7 18.1 67 6.6 20.1 159 39 307.0 309.7 296.9 351.2 14.68 4 850 1509 24.0 15.9 60 8.2 18.3 186 41 311.3 313.9 297.2 352.5 13.45 5 800 2038 21.6 13.3 60 8.2 16.0 216 36 314.1 316.5 297.0 351.7 12.13 6 750 2594 17.0 10.6 66 6.4 12.8 228 35 315.0 317.1 296.3 348.5 10.75 7 700 3179 12.7 4.5 57 8.2 7.8 250 31 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.4 7.55 8 650 3797 9.6 -12.4 20 22.0 0.1 275 30 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.3 2.26 9 600 4454 4.2 -17.3 19 21.5 -4.0 275 31 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.5 1.64 10 550 5154 -1.6 -20.4 22 18.8 -7.9 274 30 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.9 1.37 11 500 5903 -8.0 -22.3 31 14.3 -12.3 273 31 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.7 1.28 12 450 6711 -14.7 -25.1 41 10.4 -17.4 285 30 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.10 13 400 7592 -20.4 -35.6 24 15.2 -23.1 288 34 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.46 14 350 8568 -27.2 -44.0 19 16.8 -29.2 286 31 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 15 300 9657 -36.1 -47.6 30 11.5 -37.0 281 30 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.17 16 250 10895 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.3 273 36 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12344 -55.2 -60.7 51 5.5 -55.4 273 36 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 14166 -58.4 -77.0 7 18.7 -58.6 255 21 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16695 -60.6 -84.0 3 23.5 -60.8 227 15 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.45 m Freezing level: 563.81 mb = 4960.72 m = 16275.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.03 mb = 3809.60 m = 12498.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.60 % Est. max temperature: 36.35 C = 97.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.35 mb = 1270.55 m = 4168.42 ft T: 24.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 26.00 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2872.53 m = 9424.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.93 C = 100.27 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2315.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 268.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.47 mb = 1892.24 m = 6208.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.47 mb = 4205.43 m = 13797.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.47 mb = 13064.92 m = 42863.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2289.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.47 mb = 16187.87 m = 53109.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 624.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 624.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.35 Bulk Rich Number: 9.60 Bulk Shear: 241.34 m/s