MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.46,-99.99 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -99.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 537 SFC 917 852 28.6 19.5 58 9.1 22.0 114 10 309.3 312.3 298.1 357.2 15.74 3 900 1015 27.3 17.4 55 9.9 20.3 121 15 309.7 312.3 297.1 352.3 14.00 4 850 1518 23.0 15.7 63 7.3 17.9 151 13 310.3 312.8 296.8 350.8 13.30 5 800 2045 19.7 12.6 63 7.1 14.9 200 16 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.5 11.51 6 750 2597 15.0 10.4 74 4.6 12.0 217 20 312.9 314.9 295.7 345.8 10.65 7 700 3178 11.3 4.3 62 7.0 7.2 251 22 315.0 316.4 293.9 338.4 7.45 8 650 3793 7.2 -5.3 41 12.5 1.1 279 17 317.2 317.9 291.7 330.0 3.97 9 600 4446 2.2 -11.4 36 13.6 -3.6 306 16 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.4 2.66 10 550 5140 -4.1 -11.8 55 7.7 -7.2 320 20 319.2 319.8 291.3 328.5 2.81 11 500 5883 -10.4 -13.4 78 3.0 -11.5 316 27 320.4 320.9 291.5 329.4 2.71 12 450 6686 -15.5 -23.4 51 7.9 -17.7 305 32 323.7 324.0 291.2 328.2 1.28 13 400 7564 -21.6 -35.9 26 14.3 -24.0 318 29 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.45 14 350 8535 -28.5 -44.7 20 16.2 -30.2 315 40 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.20 15 300 9618 -37.5 -45.0 46 7.5 -38.2 311 48 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.23 16 250 10852 -45.7 -55.2 34 9.5 -46.2 315 60 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.09 17 200 12318 -52.4 -65.7 19 13.3 -52.7 308 65 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14153 -56.7 -78.4 5 21.7 -57.0 280 30 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -63.7 -83.6 5 19.9 -63.9 217 5 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.33 m Freezing level: 582.78 mb = 4684.88 m = 15370.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.15 mb = 3943.24 m = 12936.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.27 mb = 2009.22 m = 6591.86 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 29.78 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.98 mb = 2825.11 m = 9268.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -7.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 42.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2396.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.70 mb = 2408.70 m = 7902.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.70 mb = 3398.25 m = 11148.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.70 mb = 12588.12 m = 41299.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2377.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.52 Bulk Rich Number: 16.11 Bulk Shear: 148.78 m/s