MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.42,-97.10 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 963 470 28.7 19.4 57 9.3 22.1 147 14 305.2 308.0 296.6 349.8 14.92 2 950 587 27.4 16.5 51 10.9 19.9 150 20 305.0 307.3 294.9 342.5 12.54 3 900 1063 22.8 14.4 59 8.4 17.2 157 25 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.6 11.55 4 850 1557 18.3 13.2 72 5.1 14.9 165 27 305.3 307.4 294.1 339.0 11.26 5 800 2074 15.5 8.5 63 7.1 11.2 181 26 307.7 309.4 292.9 334.2 8.72 6 750 2620 13.5 1.5 44 11.9 6.9 199 22 311.2 312.3 291.4 329.0 5.71 7 700 3198 10.0 0.4 51 9.6 4.8 222 18 313.5 314.6 292.0 331.2 5.63 8 650 3810 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.2 239 17 315.8 317.0 293.3 335.8 6.34 9 600 4461 1.9 -4.1 64 6.1 -1.1 253 15 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.5 4.69 10 550 5158 -2.7 -12.0 49 9.3 -6.5 267 19 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.76 11 500 5904 -9.3 -15.3 62 6.0 -11.5 280 23 321.7 322.2 291.6 329.5 2.33 12 450 6708 -16.1 -17.8 86 1.8 -16.6 288 26 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.09 13 400 7584 -21.8 -33.2 35 11.4 -23.9 293 26 326.6 326.8 291.3 328.8 0.58 14 350 8553 -28.8 -38.2 40 9.4 -30.1 294 28 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.40 15 300 9636 -37.6 -39.6 82 2.0 -37.8 284 38 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.41 16 250 10866 -47.3 -48.1 91 0.8 -47.3 280 47 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12318 -53.9 -62.5 34 8.7 -54.1 276 45 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14152 -57.1 -77.5 6 20.4 -57.3 242 24 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16687 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.8 -60.8 209 10 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.35 m Freezing level: 579.25 mb = 4750.21 m = 15584.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.61 mb = 4291.83 m = 14080.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.12 mb = 1646.87 m = 5403.06 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.41 mb = 2910.86 m = 9549.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.84 C = 96.51 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.12 mb = 2051.67 m = 6731.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.12 mb = 4772.27 m = 15656.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.12 mb = 11490.79 m = 37698.97 ft B at Equ Level: 895.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.12 mb = 13856.30 m = 45459.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 11.99 Bulk Shear: 75.01 m/s