MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-99.97 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -99.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 526 SFC 921 801 26.6 18.1 59 8.5 20.6 132 16 306.9 309.6 296.6 349.9 14.29 3 900 1002 26.3 17.4 58 8.9 20.1 139 29 308.6 311.2 296.9 351.1 14.04 4 850 1509 27.7 12.9 40 14.8 17.7 175 35 315.2 317.3 296.5 349.7 11.08 5 800 2043 24.2 8.8 38 15.4 14.3 193 27 317.0 318.7 295.6 345.1 8.95 6 750 2604 20.6 0.2 26 20.3 9.0 225 20 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.6 5.19 7 700 3194 15.8 -6.4 21 22.2 4.7 252 17 320.0 320.6 292.0 331.1 3.38 8 650 3816 10.1 -8.6 26 18.8 1.3 270 16 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.6 3.06 9 600 4473 3.9 -10.6 34 14.5 -2.4 287 21 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.84 10 550 5172 -2.3 -15.2 36 12.9 -7.2 287 34 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.13 11 500 5920 -8.4 -20.3 38 11.9 -12.2 288 46 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.1 1.52 12 450 6729 -13.0 -26.4 32 13.3 -16.5 306 34 326.9 327.1 291.8 330.4 0.99 13 400 7614 -20.2 -30.8 38 10.6 -22.4 317 29 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 14 350 8587 -28.0 -41.1 28 13.1 -29.7 307 29 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.30 15 300 9673 -37.3 -49.3 27 12.1 -38.1 304 35 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.14 16 250 10905 -47.3 -55.3 40 8.0 -47.6 309 42 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12352 -54.4 -63.6 32 9.1 -54.6 294 42 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14175 -61.2 -74.2 16 13.0 -61.3 234 20 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -60.7 -84.0 3 23.3 -61.0 214 18 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.64 m Freezing level: 568.58 mb = 4912.48 m = 16116.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.55 mb = 4039.47 m = 13252.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.18 % Est. max temperature: 37.51 C = 99.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.99 mb = 1901.53 m = 6238.53 ft T: 25.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 23.06 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.15 mb = 3788.20 m = 12428.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.79 C = 103.61 F Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.22 C Showalter Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.36 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2008.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 385.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.13 mb = 2845.39 m = 9335.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.13 mb = 4417.14 m = 14491.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.13 mb = 12875.65 m = 42242.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1987.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 417.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 6.78 Bulk Shear: 296.34 m/s