MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 42.16,-99.32 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -99.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 490 SFC 926 719 29.2 20.1 58 9.1 22.6 110 14 309.1 312.2 298.4 358.4 16.21 3 900 971 28.3 17.5 52 10.9 20.6 121 25 310.7 313.4 297.4 353.8 14.10 4 850 1477 25.4 14.6 51 10.8 17.9 148 29 312.8 315.1 296.8 351.0 12.41 5 800 2007 21.2 13.2 60 8.0 15.8 165 29 313.7 316.0 296.8 351.0 12.03 6 750 2563 17.4 10.6 64 6.8 12.9 193 30 315.5 317.5 296.4 349.0 10.75 7 700 3150 14.1 5.5 56 8.6 8.9 222 34 318.1 319.7 295.3 343.9 8.14 8 650 3773 11.8 -8.1 24 19.9 2.2 267 26 322.3 322.9 292.5 332.8 3.19 9 600 4435 5.8 -10.5 30 16.3 -1.5 269 26 322.9 323.4 292.4 332.5 2.87 10 550 5138 -0.5 -13.5 37 13.0 -5.8 261 29 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.7 2.45 11 500 5890 -7.0 -22.3 28 15.3 -11.7 256 35 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.0 1.28 12 450 6702 -13.4 -32.7 18 19.4 -17.5 272 39 326.4 326.6 291.3 328.4 0.54 13 400 7587 -19.8 -32.4 32 12.6 -22.2 279 41 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.63 14 350 8561 -28.1 -33.6 59 5.5 -29.0 278 44 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.2 0.64 15 300 9647 -36.8 -39.0 80 2.2 -37.0 284 46 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.43 16 250 10882 -47.0 -48.3 86 1.3 -47.1 281 40 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.19 17 200 12334 -52.1 -64.7 21 12.6 -52.4 265 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14172 -59.6 -75.9 10 16.3 -59.8 249 42 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16682 -61.9 -84.4 3 22.5 -62.1 267 22 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.04 m Freezing level: 554.28 mb = 5077.91 m = 16659.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.37 mb = 4158.69 m = 13643.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.15 % Est. max temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.38 mb = 1883.24 m = 6178.54 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 29.93 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.98 mb = 3760.26 m = 12336.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.01 C = 107.62 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2222.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.73 mb = 2543.02 m = 8343.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.73 mb = 4615.52 m = 15142.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.73 mb = 12772.88 m = 41905.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2204.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.73 mb = 16278.48 m = 53406.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 560.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 560.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.22 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 249.72 m/s