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: 42.51,-96.73 Latitude: 42.51 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 403 31.3 24.9 69 6.4 26.4 142 6 307.4 311.3 300.7 370.9 20.96 2 950 557 31.3 21.3 56 10.0 23.9 153 12 308.9 312.1 298.8 360.6 17.02 3 900 1040 28.2 17.8 53 10.4 20.8 181 19 310.5 313.3 297.6 354.6 14.42 4 850 1546 24.4 15.2 56 9.2 18.0 197 25 311.7 314.1 296.9 351.1 12.86 5 800 2074 20.0 13.4 65 6.7 15.5 202 31 312.5 314.8 296.6 349.9 12.15 6 750 2627 16.6 9.1 61 7.6 11.8 211 31 314.6 316.5 295.5 344.8 9.70 7 700 3214 15.5 -7.6 20 23.0 4.2 235 25 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.09 8 650 3836 10.1 -5.4 33 15.5 2.3 251 22 320.4 321.1 292.6 333.2 3.94 9 600 4494 4.3 -9.0 37 13.3 -1.8 258 19 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.7 3.21 10 550 5194 -2.0 -16.0 33 14.0 -7.2 263 21 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 1.99 11 500 5941 -8.9 -19.5 42 10.6 -12.3 262 22 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.8 1.63 12 450 6746 -16.0 -22.0 60 6.0 -17.7 269 25 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.46 13 400 7624 -21.2 -33.1 34 11.8 -23.4 283 30 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.59 14 350 8593 -29.4 -36.3 51 6.9 -30.4 283 31 329.1 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.49 15 300 9675 -37.2 -48.0 32 10.7 -38.1 287 28 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 16 250 10909 -47.0 -53.0 50 6.0 -47.3 292 35 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.11 17 200 12350 -56.8 -62.0 52 5.1 -56.9 277 32 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14155 -59.1 -75.6 10 16.5 -59.3 274 23 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16682 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.8 -60.6 245 11 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.04 m Freezing level: 565.91 mb = 4971.11 m = 16309.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.90 mb = 4199.28 m = 13776.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.22 % Est. max temperature: 36.06 C = 96.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.30 mb = 1215.92 m = 3989.20 ft T: 26.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 41.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3265.89 m = 10714.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.43 C = 110.18 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 25.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3559.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.81 mb = 2118.63 m = 6950.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.81 mb = 3952.92 m = 12968.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.81 mb = 13718.37 m = 45007.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3509.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 56.73 Bulk Shear: 62.74 m/s