MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.48,-97.21 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 957 488 30.6 25.7 75 4.9 26.9 140 4 307.6 311.8 301.5 375.2 22.24 2 950 553 30.8 22.9 63 7.9 24.9 150 6 308.5 312.0 299.8 365.7 18.83 3 900 1037 28.1 18.1 55 9.9 21.0 192 14 310.4 313.2 297.8 355.4 14.72 4 850 1542 24.3 15.3 57 9.1 18.1 200 22 311.6 314.1 296.9 351.4 12.95 5 800 2070 20.2 13.1 64 7.1 15.4 203 29 312.7 315.0 296.5 349.6 11.95 6 750 2625 17.9 5.6 44 12.3 10.4 215 28 316.0 317.5 294.3 340.0 7.62 7 700 3213 15.6 -6.2 22 21.8 4.7 234 25 319.8 320.5 292.0 331.1 3.44 8 650 3835 10.3 -5.3 33 15.6 2.4 246 21 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.5 3.95 9 600 4494 4.5 -12.7 27 17.3 -2.7 254 18 321.4 321.8 291.5 329.4 2.39 10 550 5193 -1.9 -17.4 29 15.5 -7.5 260 22 321.8 322.2 291.1 327.9 1.77 11 500 5941 -8.8 -19.4 42 10.6 -12.2 263 24 322.3 322.7 291.2 328.0 1.64 12 450 6746 -15.8 -21.9 59 6.1 -17.5 271 26 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.5 1.47 13 400 7624 -21.4 -33.5 33 12.1 -23.7 282 29 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.56 14 350 8593 -29.2 -37.4 45 8.3 -30.3 287 33 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.1 0.44 15 300 9677 -36.9 -46.0 38 9.1 -37.6 297 31 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.21 16 250 10911 -47.3 -51.2 64 3.9 -47.5 296 36 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12350 -57.3 -61.8 56 4.5 -57.3 283 33 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 14154 -58.9 -75.4 10 16.5 -59.2 272 26 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16681 -60.4 -83.8 3 23.4 -60.7 253 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.31 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4986.74 m = 16360.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.51 mb = 4137.75 m = 13575.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.95 % Est. max temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.15 mb = 1114.39 m = 3656.10 ft T: 27.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 44.08 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.41 mb = 3268.06 m = 10721.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.74 C = 108.94 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 26.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3679.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.35 mb = 2109.45 m = 6920.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.35 mb = 3945.16 m = 12943.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.35 mb = 13696.44 m = 44935.27 ft B at Equ Level: 3639.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 75.54 Bulk Shear: 48.71 m/s