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: 42.48,-96.04 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 969 387 28.9 22.8 69 6.2 24.4 131 12 304.8 308.2 298.6 359.5 18.29 2 950 560 28.6 20.6 62 8.0 22.8 138 21 306.2 309.3 297.7 355.2 16.31 3 900 1039 26.3 17.4 58 8.9 20.1 168 26 308.6 311.3 296.9 351.1 14.02 4 850 1542 23.6 15.5 60 8.1 17.9 195 27 310.9 313.3 296.8 351.0 13.12 5 800 2069 19.6 13.7 68 6.0 15.6 213 33 312.1 314.4 296.7 350.2 12.39 6 750 2623 17.9 5.8 45 12.1 10.5 229 28 316.0 317.5 294.4 340.3 7.74 7 700 3211 15.1 -2.2 30 17.3 5.8 250 19 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.2 4.64 8 650 3833 10.2 -7.5 28 17.7 1.7 264 19 320.5 321.1 292.1 331.5 3.34 9 600 4491 4.4 -11.7 30 16.1 -2.6 278 19 321.2 321.7 291.7 329.9 2.60 10 550 5191 -1.9 -17.5 29 15.7 -7.5 277 21 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.75 11 500 5939 -8.8 -19.4 42 10.6 -12.2 275 21 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.65 12 450 6744 -15.3 -24.4 45 9.2 -17.7 283 26 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.17 13 400 7624 -21.0 -31.8 37 10.8 -23.1 300 23 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.67 14 350 8594 -29.2 -38.2 41 9.1 -30.4 288 20 329.4 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.40 15 300 9678 -36.6 -45.7 38 9.1 -37.4 270 26 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.6 0.21 16 250 10915 -46.5 -53.7 43 7.3 -46.8 281 32 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 17 200 12356 -57.3 -60.5 67 3.1 -57.4 280 35 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.06 18 150 14165 -59.5 -74.8 12 15.2 -59.7 287 16 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16684 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.7 248 11 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.03 m Freezing level: 564.94 mb = 4981.68 m = 16343.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.32 mb = 4085.53 m = 13403.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.08 % Est. max temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.03 mb = 1177.11 m = 3861.86 ft T: 25.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 31.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3295.92 m = 10813.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.35 C = 110.03 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Showalter Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 559.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2770.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.98 mb = 1918.82 m = 6295.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.98 mb = 4234.85 m = 13893.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.98 mb = 13415.74 m = 44014.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2732.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 361.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 359.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.03 Bulk Rich Number: 21.20 Bulk Shear: 130.68 m/s