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: 42.99,-96.92 Latitude: 42.99 Longitude: -96.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 968 390 30.6 24.9 72 5.7 26.3 141 6 306.6 310.5 300.5 369.8 20.94 2 950 558 30.2 21.5 60 8.7 23.8 156 10 307.8 311.0 298.7 359.9 17.24 3 900 1039 26.3 19.1 65 7.1 21.2 181 14 308.6 311.5 297.9 356.1 15.68 4 850 1542 22.6 16.6 69 6.0 18.4 200 22 309.8 312.5 297.3 352.9 14.15 5 800 2068 19.3 13.6 70 5.7 15.4 207 35 311.7 314.0 296.5 349.6 12.35 6 750 2621 18.0 4.4 41 13.6 9.9 218 31 316.1 317.4 293.9 338.2 7.00 7 700 3209 15.1 -2.9 29 17.9 5.5 233 27 319.2 320.0 292.7 333.5 4.43 8 650 3830 10.1 -6.5 30 16.6 2.0 242 22 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.2 3.61 9 600 4489 4.4 -13.1 27 17.5 -2.9 258 20 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.0 2.32 10 550 5188 -2.0 -16.8 31 14.8 -7.4 261 25 321.7 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.87 11 500 5936 -8.9 -19.2 43 10.3 -12.2 259 26 322.2 322.5 291.1 328.0 1.68 12 450 6740 -16.0 -22.0 60 6.0 -17.7 264 27 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.1 1.45 13 400 7617 -21.9 -31.0 43 9.1 -23.7 279 28 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.2 0.72 14 350 8584 -29.6 -36.8 50 7.2 -30.6 287 33 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.6 0.47 15 300 9665 -37.2 -47.3 34 10.0 -38.0 289 29 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.18 16 250 10899 -47.0 -53.6 47 6.6 -47.3 296 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12341 -56.8 -61.9 53 5.1 -56.9 278 33 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14146 -58.5 -75.9 9 17.3 -58.7 275 24 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16679 -59.8 -84.2 3 24.5 -60.0 247 12 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.85 m Freezing level: 565.74 mb = 4968.02 m = 16299.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.92 mb = 4088.52 m = 13413.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.10 % Est. max temperature: 34.99 C = 94.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.40 mb = 1113.96 m = 3654.67 ft T: 25.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 41.84 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.63 mb = 2926.26 m = 9600.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.61 C = 106.90 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -8.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 30.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 561.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3709.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.42 mb = 1806.79 m = 5927.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.42 mb = 3965.43 m = 13009.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.42 mb = 13763.81 m = 45156.32 ft B at Equ Level: 3651.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.74 Bulk Rich Number: 54.54 Bulk Shear: 68.02 m/s