MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.28,-96.34 Latitude: 42.28 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 100 SFC 969 377 27.2 21.0 69 6.2 22.7 169 8 303.0 306.1 297.0 351.4 16.33 2 950 551 26.1 18.6 63 7.5 20.8 174 13 303.7 306.3 295.8 346.3 14.36 3 900 1025 22.1 16.9 72 5.2 18.5 187 11 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.8 13.59 4 850 1520 19.1 15.9 82 3.2 16.9 197 3 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.5 13.46 5 800 2040 17.1 10.9 67 6.2 13.1 189 5 309.4 311.3 294.5 340.7 10.28 6 750 2590 15.8 -2.9 28 18.7 6.1 181 9 313.7 314.5 290.8 326.8 4.12 7 700 3171 11.5 -10.3 21 21.7 1.8 195 6 315.2 315.7 289.8 323.4 2.50 8 650 3783 5.6 -8.7 35 14.3 -0.8 284 7 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.2 3.05 9 600 4431 0.6 -20.3 19 20.9 -6.4 296 16 316.8 317.1 289.1 321.1 1.27 10 550 5122 -3.8 -26.6 15 22.7 -10.1 285 17 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.79 11 500 5867 -8.7 -30.6 15 21.9 -13.9 266 17 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.60 12 450 6675 -14.2 -30.5 24 16.2 -17.9 276 25 325.3 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.67 13 400 7558 -19.8 -29.1 44 9.2 -21.9 282 31 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.87 14 350 8535 -26.9 -44.0 18 17.2 -28.9 280 28 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 15 300 9627 -35.2 -53.1 14 17.9 -36.4 275 26 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10874 -43.6 -57.1 21 13.5 -44.2 236 56 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12342 -53.4 -57.5 61 4.1 -53.6 208 69 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14141 -63.0 -73.3 24 10.3 -63.1 237 37 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16639 -61.9 -83.4 4 21.5 -62.1 233 19 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.01 m Freezing level: 592.95 mb = 4528.13 m = 14855.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.53 mb = 3587.70 m = 11770.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.39 mb = 1166.62 m = 3827.44 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 23.14 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.93 mb = 2795.26 m = 9170.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.25 C = 100.86 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 21.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1183.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.43 mb = 1596.87 m = 5239.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.43 mb = 3688.83 m = 12102.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.43 mb = 11792.01 m = 38687.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1182.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.43 mb = 15145.59 m = 49689.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -16.4 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 43.43 Bulk Shear: 27.26 m/s