MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.85,-96.17 Latitude: 42.85 Longitude: -96.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 405 29.4 24.6 76 4.8 25.8 118 8 305.5 309.3 300.1 367.2 20.54 2 950 561 29.2 21.6 64 7.6 23.6 128 14 306.8 310.0 298.5 359.1 17.37 3 900 1041 26.2 18.5 63 7.7 20.7 161 19 308.5 311.3 297.5 354.0 15.03 4 850 1544 23.1 16.0 65 7.1 18.2 194 21 310.3 312.9 297.0 351.9 13.62 5 800 2070 19.3 13.6 70 5.7 15.4 206 29 311.7 314.0 296.5 349.5 12.33 6 750 2623 16.4 8.7 60 7.7 11.5 219 31 314.4 316.2 295.3 343.9 9.47 7 700 3209 14.7 -3.4 29 18.1 5.2 244 18 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.6 4.26 8 650 3830 9.7 -9.2 25 19.0 1.0 261 16 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.92 9 600 4487 3.8 -10.7 34 14.5 -2.5 267 18 320.5 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.81 10 550 5185 -2.5 -12.9 44 10.5 -6.7 273 23 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.8 2.57 11 500 5932 -9.0 -18.2 48 9.1 -12.1 273 29 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.2 1.83 12 450 6737 -15.1 -27.3 34 12.2 -18.0 283 33 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.90 13 400 7618 -20.7 -34.5 28 13.7 -23.2 299 26 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.52 14 350 8591 -28.0 -43.0 22 15.1 -29.7 297 13 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 15 300 9677 -37.1 -48.3 30 11.2 -37.9 282 21 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 16 250 10911 -46.6 -55.4 36 8.7 -47.0 279 26 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12354 -57.2 -61.2 61 3.9 -57.3 286 28 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14158 -59.8 -74.6 13 14.8 -60.0 277 25 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16682 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.3 254 16 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.67 m Freezing level: 569.54 mb = 4912.17 m = 16115.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.27 mb = 4004.85 m = 13139.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.13 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.69 mb = 1014.96 m = 3329.90 ft T: 26.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km ThetaE index: 37.50 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2552.00 m = 8372.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.89 C = 100.19 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -8.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 30.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3320.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.09 mb = 1812.69 m = 5947.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.09 mb = 3968.59 m = 13020.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.09 mb = 13406.71 m = 43984.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3317.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.6 neg: -5.4 tot: 287.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.60 Bulk Rich Number: 29.96 Bulk Shear: 110.82 m/s