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: 42.90,-96.43 Latitude: 42.90 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 967 397 29.6 24.6 74 5.0 25.8 127 7 305.6 309.5 300.1 367.3 20.50 2 950 558 29.6 21.3 61 8.3 23.6 136 14 307.3 310.4 298.4 358.7 17.07 3 900 1039 26.3 18.4 62 7.9 20.6 163 19 308.6 311.4 297.4 353.9 14.93 4 850 1541 22.8 15.9 65 6.9 18.0 186 25 310.1 312.6 296.9 351.2 13.49 5 800 2067 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.5 206 29 311.2 313.6 296.7 350.1 12.71 6 750 2620 17.4 7.1 51 10.3 10.9 223 28 315.4 317.1 294.8 341.9 8.44 7 700 3207 15.0 -3.3 28 18.3 5.4 240 19 319.1 319.9 292.5 332.9 4.27 8 650 3828 9.9 -5.5 33 15.5 2.2 257 19 320.2 321.0 292.5 332.9 3.89 9 600 4486 4.2 -11.9 30 16.1 -2.7 268 19 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.5 2.56 10 550 5185 -2.1 -16.6 32 14.6 -7.4 269 22 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.89 11 500 5933 -8.9 -18.6 45 9.7 -12.1 267 25 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.3 1.76 12 450 6738 -15.6 -22.3 56 6.7 -17.4 275 30 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.42 13 400 7616 -21.7 -29.2 51 7.5 -23.2 295 28 326.8 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.86 14 350 8585 -29.0 -40.4 32 11.4 -30.4 293 23 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.32 15 300 9671 -35.9 -50.3 21 14.4 -37.0 289 30 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 16 250 10910 -46.2 -54.3 39 8.2 -46.5 286 31 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.10 17 200 12354 -57.5 -61.2 63 3.7 -57.6 274 34 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14155 -58.4 -75.3 10 16.9 -58.6 288 22 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.0 -84.5 2 25.5 -59.3 265 11 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.14 m Freezing level: 566.53 mb = 4954.26 m = 16253.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4117.72 m = 13509.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.84 % Est. max temperature: 34.70 C = 94.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.00 mb = 1038.80 m = 3408.09 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 34.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 3000.67 m = 9844.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.63 C = 106.93 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3271.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.21 mb = 1850.63 m = 6071.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.21 mb = 4017.48 m = 13180.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.21 mb = 13550.19 m = 44455.48 ft B at Equ Level: 3231.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 278.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.42 Bulk Rich Number: 34.52 Bulk Shear: 94.77 m/s