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: 42.05,-100.33 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -100.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 520 SFC 914 861 27.2 17.2 55 9.9 20.2 139 14 308.1 310.7 296.5 349.4 13.65 3 900 997 27.8 16.7 51 11.1 20.0 144 24 310.1 312.7 296.8 350.9 13.38 4 850 1506 28.9 10.5 32 18.5 16.7 175 30 316.5 318.3 295.7 346.0 9.39 5 800 2041 25.3 5.1 27 20.3 12.9 196 24 318.2 319.5 294.3 340.0 6.88 6 750 2603 21.2 -2.7 20 23.9 8.3 225 16 319.6 320.4 292.6 333.1 4.17 7 700 3194 16.0 -6.8 20 22.8 4.6 249 14 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.0 3.27 8 650 3816 10.3 -9.5 24 19.8 1.1 272 15 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.86 9 600 4474 4.1 -11.9 30 16.0 -2.7 282 20 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.4 2.55 10 550 5173 -2.3 -15.0 37 12.7 -7.1 282 30 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.17 11 500 5920 -8.4 -19.5 40 11.1 -12.0 283 47 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.4 1.64 12 450 6728 -14.0 -25.9 36 11.9 -17.1 296 39 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.03 13 400 7612 -19.9 -33.5 29 13.7 -22.5 306 34 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.56 14 350 8588 -27.5 -42.3 23 14.8 -29.3 309 31 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.26 15 300 9675 -36.9 -47.3 33 10.4 -37.8 308 33 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 16 250 10908 -47.2 -54.5 43 7.3 -47.6 310 38 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12352 -55.2 -62.8 39 7.5 -55.4 294 42 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14173 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.5 251 22 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16680 -60.8 -83.9 3 23.1 -61.1 219 15 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.36 m Freezing level: 567.98 mb = 4921.45 m = 16146.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 4003.36 m = 13134.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.25 % Est. max temperature: 37.92 C = 100.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.57 mb = 2144.59 m = 7035.96 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.81 mb = 4088.42 m = 13413.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.41 C = 102.95 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.46 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 24.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 520.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1561.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 381.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.05 mb = 3350.57 m = 10992.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.05 mb = 4580.95 m = 15029.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.05 mb = 12608.60 m = 41366.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.05 mb = 15447.84 m = 50681.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.8 neg: -7.9 tot: 282.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.83 Bulk Rich Number: 6.91 Bulk Shear: 225.95 m/s