MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-96.75 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -96.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 960 428 28.6 23.5 74 5.1 24.8 61 9 305.3 308.9 299.4 363.4 19.34 2 950 517 28.6 21.7 66 7.0 23.5 63 13 306.2 309.5 298.4 358.5 17.41 3 900 996 25.6 18.4 64 7.2 20.5 73 13 307.9 310.7 297.3 353.0 14.93 4 850 1498 23.8 15.7 60 8.1 18.1 157 12 311.1 313.6 297.0 351.7 13.29 5 800 2027 21.4 13.0 59 8.4 15.7 196 23 313.9 316.2 296.8 350.6 11.82 6 750 2584 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.0 212 29 315.3 317.4 296.5 349.5 10.96 7 700 3170 13.4 7.0 65 6.4 9.4 229 28 317.3 319.1 295.7 345.7 9.01 8 650 3790 9.4 0.0 52 9.4 4.2 258 21 319.6 320.8 294.0 338.6 5.90 9 600 4448 4.3 -4.5 53 8.8 -0.2 273 20 321.1 322.0 293.3 336.0 4.58 10 550 5149 -1.7 -10.9 49 9.2 -5.6 284 22 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.1 3.02 11 500 5899 -7.8 -16.2 51 8.4 -10.9 280 29 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.8 2.15 12 450 6709 -13.3 -25.3 36 12.0 -16.5 285 38 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.4 1.09 13 400 7598 -17.5 -42.6 9 25.1 -21.4 278 41 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 14 350 8583 -25.3 -36.7 34 11.4 -27.1 274 41 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.47 15 300 9682 -33.9 -36.2 80 2.3 -34.2 276 48 337.6 337.7 294.3 339.8 0.58 16 250 10933 -43.9 -47.8 65 3.9 -44.2 272 47 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.20 17 200 12396 -54.0 -63.0 32 9.1 -54.2 278 46 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14198 -64.1 -72.5 31 8.3 -64.2 255 44 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16663 -65.4 -83.3 7 17.9 -65.5 239 23 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.09 m Freezing level: 564.09 mb = 4951.53 m = 16244.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.80 mb = 4423.68 m = 14513.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.81 % Est. max temperature: 36.55 C = 97.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.38 mb = 1080.74 m = 3545.70 ft T: 25.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 32.92 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.69 mb = 2816.98 m = 9241.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.26 C = 102.67 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.84 mb = 1824.30 m = 5985.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.84 mb = 3996.94 m = 13113.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.84 mb = 13644.83 m = 44765.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2220.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.7 neg: -9.1 tot: 364.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.10 Bulk Shear: 158.37 m/s