MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-101.92 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -101.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 491 2 900 965 SFC 881 1160 30.9 12.0 31 18.9 18.2 4 14 315.3 317.3 295.9 346.8 10.07 4 850 1473 27.1 10.8 36 16.3 16.4 7 16 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.5 9.60 5 800 2005 21.9 9.6 45 12.4 14.0 5 13 314.5 316.3 295.3 343.8 9.41 6 750 2561 16.9 8.0 56 8.9 11.3 1 8 314.9 316.7 295.1 343.1 9.01 7 700 3145 12.4 4.8 60 7.6 7.9 314 5 316.3 317.7 294.5 340.6 7.74 8 650 3762 7.4 1.4 66 6.0 4.0 279 6 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.0 6.53 9 600 4416 2.6 -3.8 63 6.3 -0.6 256 9 319.1 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.83 10 550 5113 -3.1 -8.7 65 5.6 -5.5 222 11 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.3 3.61 11 500 5860 -9.0 -11.9 79 2.9 -10.2 208 12 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.3 3.06 12 450 6668 -14.5 -15.6 92 1.0 -14.9 224 20 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.5 2.53 13 400 7550 -20.3 -21.0 94 0.7 -20.5 232 34 328.6 328.9 293.0 334.8 1.79 14 350 8527 -26.7 -27.9 89 1.2 -26.9 236 39 332.8 333.0 293.5 336.8 1.10 15 300 9622 -34.8 -35.1 98 0.3 -34.8 245 40 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.7 0.65 16 250 10868 -45.0 -45.1 100 0.0 -45.0 256 41 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.2 0.27 17 200 12318 -57.4 -57.5 98 0.1 -57.4 254 48 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.08 18 150 14092 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 259 43 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.02 19 100 16621 -60.3 -84.4 3 24.2 -60.5 280 20 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.76 m Freezing level: 577.09 mb = 4735.66 m = 15536.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.75 mb = 4324.83 m = 14188.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.81 mb = 3524.64 m = 11563.64 ft T: 9.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.31 mb = 3872.17 m = 12703.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1030.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.35 mb = 3542.83 m = 11623.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.35 mb = 4384.29 m = 14383.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.35 mb = 12558.12 m = 41200.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1023.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.35 mb = 14872.77 m = 48794.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 66.44 m/s