MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.94,-100.44 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 525 SFC 912 884 26.9 17.7 57 9.3 20.4 140 15 308.1 310.7 296.8 350.6 14.06 3 900 1001 27.3 17.3 54 10.0 20.2 145 25 309.6 312.3 297.1 352.1 13.94 4 850 1508 27.0 14.0 45 13.1 18.1 174 33 314.5 316.8 297.0 351.4 11.90 5 800 2042 24.4 7.8 35 16.6 13.8 196 27 317.2 318.8 295.1 343.5 8.34 6 750 2603 21.0 -0.9 23 21.9 8.8 233 20 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.8 4.78 7 700 3194 16.3 -7.7 18 24.0 4.5 261 19 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.6 3.05 8 650 3816 10.5 -10.1 23 20.5 1.1 278 19 320.8 321.3 291.7 329.9 2.73 9 600 4474 4.2 -11.6 30 15.9 -2.6 293 21 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.7 2.62 10 550 5174 -2.1 -15.2 36 13.2 -7.1 288 30 321.6 322.0 291.4 328.8 2.12 11 500 5922 -8.2 -19.4 40 11.2 -11.8 284 48 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.7 1.65 12 450 6731 -12.9 -27.6 28 14.7 -16.6 296 37 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.88 13 400 7619 -18.8 -37.8 17 19.0 -22.1 293 28 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.37 14 350 8599 -26.8 -45.2 16 18.4 -28.9 309 24 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 15 300 9688 -36.4 -44.2 44 7.8 -37.1 313 27 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.25 16 250 10923 -47.1 -50.0 73 2.8 -47.3 310 28 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.16 17 200 12366 -56.4 -62.4 47 6.0 -56.5 289 41 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14173 -60.2 -75.0 13 14.8 -60.4 261 22 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -58.9 -84.3 2 25.4 -59.2 243 11 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.54 m Freezing level: 566.49 mb = 4943.07 m = 16217.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.33 mb = 4003.97 m = 13136.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.26 % Est. max temperature: 37.39 C = 99.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.99 mb = 2074.64 m = 6806.47 ft T: 24.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.07 mb = 3853.40 m = 12642.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.32 C = 102.78 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.60 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 25.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2006.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 367.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.03 mb = 2964.02 m = 9724.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.03 mb = 4419.47 m = 14499.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.03 mb = 13240.17 m = 43438.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1963.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 382.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.76 Bulk Rich Number: 7.50 Bulk Shear: 267.43 m/s