MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.16,-97.15 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 958 475 30.8 25.9 75 4.9 27.0 135 4 307.7 311.9 301.6 376.0 22.45 2 950 546 31.3 22.7 60 8.6 24.9 147 7 308.9 312.4 299.7 365.3 18.54 3 900 1031 29.1 17.0 48 12.1 20.6 189 17 311.5 314.1 297.4 353.5 13.69 4 850 1537 25.0 14.9 53 10.1 18.0 195 23 312.3 314.7 296.9 351.2 12.64 5 800 2066 20.5 13.2 63 7.3 15.5 194 26 313.0 315.3 296.6 350.0 11.98 6 750 2622 19.3 3.5 35 15.9 9.9 210 23 317.6 318.8 293.9 338.4 6.56 7 700 3211 15.8 -3.5 26 19.3 5.6 234 17 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.7 4.21 8 650 3834 10.5 -6.5 30 17.0 2.1 253 15 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.6 3.60 9 600 4493 4.8 -13.7 25 18.4 -2.9 266 16 321.6 322.1 291.5 329.1 2.22 10 550 5193 -1.6 -17.7 28 16.1 -7.4 266 19 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.73 11 500 5942 -8.5 -19.6 40 11.0 -12.1 266 20 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.2 1.62 12 450 6747 -15.9 -21.6 62 5.7 -17.5 266 20 323.3 323.5 291.3 328.5 1.51 13 400 7624 -21.4 -31.7 39 10.3 -23.4 287 31 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.6 0.67 14 350 8595 -27.9 -41.4 26 13.5 -29.6 295 32 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.29 15 300 9685 -35.8 -50.0 22 14.2 -36.8 294 29 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 16 250 10924 -46.2 -53.2 45 7.0 -46.5 293 28 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12368 -57.5 -60.9 65 3.4 -57.6 280 28 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14164 -59.1 -75.1 11 16.0 -59.3 287 26 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16684 -61.0 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.3 246 14 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.48 m Freezing level: 562.70 mb = 5015.35 m = 16454.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.79 mb = 4106.94 m = 13474.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.45 % Est. max temperature: 35.91 C = 96.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.55 mb = 1104.43 m = 3623.43 ft T: 28.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 47.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.23 mb = 3378.31 m = 11083.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.13 C = 109.63 F Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lifted Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 29.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3351.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.91 mb = 2274.07 m = 7460.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.91 mb = 4014.37 m = 13170.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.91 mb = 13534.42 m = 44403.73 ft B at Equ Level: 3333.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 146.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.84 Bulk Rich Number: 94.29 Bulk Shear: 35.55 m/s