MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.44,-97.07 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -97.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 953 465 31.1 25.9 74 5.3 27.1 128 6 308.5 312.8 301.8 377.3 22.55 2 950 490 32.0 24.0 63 8.0 26.0 133 7 309.7 313.5 300.8 371.4 20.21 3 900 978 32.1 14.6 35 17.5 19.9 185 21 314.6 316.8 296.8 350.8 11.67 4 850 1489 28.6 10.5 32 18.1 16.6 193 29 316.1 317.9 295.6 345.5 9.39 5 800 2025 26.5 -1.9 15 28.4 10.7 204 25 319.4 320.2 292.5 332.9 4.15 6 750 2589 22.7 -9.1 11 31.8 7.1 214 21 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.8 2.56 7 700 3182 17.1 -3.8 24 20.9 6.0 233 19 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.9 4.12 8 650 3807 11.4 -5.3 31 16.7 2.9 246 19 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.9 3.97 9 600 4468 5.3 -8.1 37 13.3 -1.0 259 17 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.7 3.47 10 550 5170 -1.1 -12.9 40 11.8 -6.0 264 16 322.7 323.2 292.1 331.4 2.57 11 500 5920 -8.1 -16.5 51 8.4 -11.1 248 18 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.3 2.10 12 450 6727 -15.0 -22.9 51 8.0 -17.2 273 22 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.34 13 400 7608 -20.5 -34.6 27 14.1 -23.1 295 27 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.51 14 350 8581 -28.1 -37.9 39 9.8 -29.5 310 26 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.42 15 300 9668 -36.5 -48.0 30 11.5 -37.4 312 26 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.17 16 250 10904 -46.1 -55.1 36 9.0 -46.5 299 27 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.09 17 200 12349 -57.3 -61.3 60 4.1 -57.3 292 27 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 14142 -61.4 -73.6 18 12.2 -61.5 280 25 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16660 -62.0 -83.7 4 21.7 -62.2 241 6 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.08 m Freezing level: 558.85 mb = 5045.41 m = 16552.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.90 mb = 4291.82 m = 14080.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.14 % Est. max temperature: 41.65 C = 106.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.60 mb = 1142.75 m = 3749.13 ft T: 30.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 47.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.00 mb = 3754.79 m = 12318.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.23 C = 111.61 F Cap Strength: 7.06 C Lifted Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.12 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 26.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2980.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 434.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.31 mb = 2805.58 m = 9204.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.31 mb = 4381.14 m = 14373.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.31 mb = 13498.38 m = 44285.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2968.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.29 Bulk Rich Number: 78.21 Bulk Shear: 38.11 m/s