MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.89,-96.34 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 968 400 29.4 23.1 69 6.3 24.7 150 9 305.4 308.8 299.0 361.4 18.71 2 950 565 29.6 20.2 57 9.4 22.8 156 18 307.2 310.2 297.7 355.1 15.89 3 900 1045 26.2 17.6 59 8.7 20.1 175 24 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.5 14.17 4 850 1547 22.6 15.7 65 6.8 17.8 196 26 309.8 312.3 296.7 350.4 13.33 5 800 2073 18.5 14.3 77 4.2 15.7 217 27 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.5 12.94 6 750 2624 16.0 9.6 66 6.4 11.9 218 34 314.0 315.9 295.6 345.2 10.05 7 700 3210 14.9 -5.1 25 20.0 4.7 234 28 318.9 319.7 292.0 331.1 3.72 8 650 3831 10.0 -5.6 33 15.6 2.2 249 25 320.3 321.0 292.5 333.0 3.89 9 600 4490 4.4 -11.5 31 15.8 -2.4 260 19 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.0 2.65 10 550 5189 -2.0 -17.2 30 15.2 -7.5 258 20 321.7 322.0 291.1 327.8 1.80 11 500 5937 -8.9 -19.1 43 10.2 -12.2 264 24 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.9 1.68 12 450 6741 -16.0 -22.8 56 6.8 -17.9 272 28 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.8 1.36 13 400 7618 -21.7 -32.3 38 10.6 -23.7 298 24 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.63 14 350 8588 -28.5 -43.6 22 15.2 -30.2 296 18 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.23 15 300 9672 -37.6 -49.7 27 12.1 -38.4 279 17 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.14 16 250 10902 -47.5 -55.7 39 8.2 -47.8 289 20 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12342 -57.4 -61.0 63 3.6 -57.5 301 23 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 14149 -58.9 -76.3 9 17.4 -59.2 282 20 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16681 -59.6 -84.3 3 24.7 -59.9 242 13 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.81 m Freezing level: 565.73 mb = 4969.11 m = 16302.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.04 mb = 4140.32 m = 13583.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.44 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.12 mb = 1201.68 m = 3942.48 ft T: 25.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3262.05 m = 10702.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.92 C = 109.26 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Showalter Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 27.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 545.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2927.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.44 mb = 1960.21 m = 6431.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.44 mb = 4280.75 m = 14044.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.44 mb = 13164.78 m = 43191.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2920.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.33 Bulk Rich Number: 35.66 Bulk Shear: 82.11 m/s