MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 42.05,-98.13 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -98.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 538 SFC 945 583 27.1 22.5 76 4.6 23.8 32 10 305.2 308.6 298.8 360.6 18.50 3 900 1017 24.9 19.3 71 5.6 20.9 39 14 307.2 310.1 297.7 355.0 15.87 4 850 1518 22.3 16.9 71 5.4 18.5 89 6 309.5 312.2 297.3 353.2 14.36 5 800 2044 19.2 13.9 71 5.4 15.6 167 13 311.7 314.1 296.7 350.2 12.55 6 750 2596 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 196 17 312.7 315.0 296.8 350.9 12.41 7 700 3178 11.2 10.3 95 0.8 10.6 223 27 314.8 317.0 296.7 350.1 11.33 8 650 3796 9.7 0.5 53 9.2 4.5 257 33 320.0 321.1 294.2 339.7 6.13 9 600 4455 4.8 -5.7 47 10.5 -0.4 269 32 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.3 4.17 10 550 5157 -1.3 -8.0 60 6.7 -4.4 269 34 322.6 323.3 293.1 335.1 3.81 11 500 5908 -7.3 -14.5 56 7.2 -10.0 265 36 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.49 12 450 6722 -11.6 -21.4 44 9.8 -14.7 274 40 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.0 1.53 13 400 7616 -16.4 -33.8 21 17.4 -20.1 262 29 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.7 0.55 14 350 8605 -24.2 -41.1 19 16.9 -26.6 258 26 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.3 0.30 15 300 9707 -33.6 -46.4 27 12.7 -34.8 254 26 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.20 16 250 10957 -44.1 -52.1 40 8.1 -44.5 249 29 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 17 200 12415 -55.7 -63.1 39 7.4 -55.8 236 34 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14204 -63.5 -68.5 50 5.0 -63.6 228 53 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.03 19 100 16695 -62.9 -84.2 4 21.3 -63.1 253 23 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.88 m Freezing level: 560.51 mb = 5009.49 m = 16435.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.97 mb = 4401.12 m = 14439.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.58 mb = 1168.30 m = 3832.96 ft T: 24.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.33 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.90 mb = 2316.52 m = 7600.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.26 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 45.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2314.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.03 mb = 1745.01 m = 5725.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.03 mb = 2789.07 m = 9150.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.03 mb = 3630.60 m = 11911.27 ft B at Equ Level: 32.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.7 neg: -11.7 tot: 386.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.36 Bulk Rich Number: 13.86 Bulk Shear: 167.02 m/s