MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.75,-97.68 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 955 474 23.7 20.5 83 3.2 21.5 307 12 300.8 303.7 296.2 348.1 16.13 2 950 519 23.9 20.0 79 3.9 21.1 299 16 301.5 304.3 296.1 347.6 15.68 3 900 994 24.8 15.3 56 9.5 18.3 295 20 307.1 309.3 295.3 343.9 12.23 4 850 1495 22.8 13.8 57 9.0 16.7 255 15 310.1 312.3 295.7 345.9 11.73 5 800 2021 19.4 11.2 59 8.2 14.0 224 17 311.8 313.8 295.3 344.2 10.53 6 750 2574 16.4 8.4 59 8.1 11.3 213 19 314.4 316.2 295.1 343.3 9.25 7 700 3159 13.0 5.5 60 7.6 8.4 207 18 316.9 318.5 294.9 342.5 8.10 8 650 3778 9.0 1.4 59 7.6 4.6 204 19 319.1 320.4 294.3 340.0 6.53 9 600 4437 4.7 -4.3 52 9.0 0.1 207 22 321.5 322.4 293.5 336.6 4.64 10 550 5140 -0.4 -9.0 52 8.6 -4.3 218 24 323.6 324.3 293.2 335.3 3.52 11 500 5894 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.5 -9.0 231 28 324.8 325.4 293.0 334.8 2.97 12 450 6706 -13.4 -15.7 83 2.3 -14.2 241 31 326.4 326.9 293.0 334.9 2.51 13 400 7592 -19.2 -20.3 91 1.0 -19.6 245 33 330.0 330.4 293.5 336.7 1.91 14 350 8573 -25.6 -26.7 91 1.1 -25.9 245 35 334.2 334.5 294.0 338.7 1.23 15 300 9671 -34.2 -35.2 91 1.0 -34.3 249 41 337.2 337.3 294.2 339.6 0.64 16 250 10919 -44.4 -44.6 98 0.2 -44.4 247 39 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.29 17 200 12373 -56.4 -56.6 98 0.1 -56.4 245 39 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.8 0.09 18 150 14154 -63.3 -64.9 81 1.5 -63.4 249 32 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.04 19 100 16645 -63.3 -82.3 6 19.0 -63.5 220 18 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.00 m Freezing level: 554.15 mb = 5081.86 m = 16672.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.11 mb = 4448.98 m = 14596.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.06 mb = 877.29 m = 2878.23 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.82 mb = 3269.21 m = 10725.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.00 C = 104.01 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 859.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 421.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.46 mb = 1940.45 m = 6366.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 542.46 mb = 5249.34 m = 17222.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.46 mb = 12611.15 m = 41374.66 ft B at Equ Level: 854.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.46 mb = 14918.06 m = 48943.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -37.1 tot: -36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.04 Bulk Shear: 65.96 m/s