MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.55,-97.76 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 494 SFC 948 510 26.7 17.5 57 9.3 20.3 117 13 304.5 306.9 295.3 344.3 13.37 3 900 970 24.5 14.7 54 9.9 17.8 140 21 306.8 309.0 294.8 342.1 11.73 4 850 1471 23.5 11.4 47 12.1 15.6 186 21 310.8 312.7 294.7 341.6 10.03 5 800 1998 20.6 8.0 44 12.6 12.7 217 25 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.4 8.47 6 750 2552 17.3 3.5 40 13.7 9.2 256 22 315.3 316.6 293.3 336.1 6.59 7 700 3136 12.0 1.5 48 10.6 6.1 263 22 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.09 8 650 3750 6.4 -2.4 53 8.8 1.8 274 20 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.0 4.95 9 600 4401 1.5 -12.8 34 14.2 -4.3 283 21 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.7 2.39 10 550 5094 -4.0 -19.1 30 15.1 -9.1 288 21 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.6 1.54 11 500 5839 -8.6 -33.3 12 24.7 -14.1 295 19 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.46 12 450 6647 -14.2 -40.3 9 26.1 -18.7 296 20 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.3 0.25 13 400 7528 -20.9 -44.9 10 24.0 -24.1 292 22 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.17 14 350 8499 -28.3 -49.1 12 20.8 -30.3 288 22 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.13 15 300 9585 -36.9 -51.4 21 14.4 -37.9 288 25 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 16 250 10817 -47.2 -52.3 55 5.2 -47.4 290 32 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 17 200 12259 -56.6 -61.8 52 5.2 -56.7 291 45 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14074 -59.2 -76.8 9 17.5 -59.5 286 46 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16589 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 298 20 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.87 m Freezing level: 586.50 mb = 4588.00 m = 15052.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.08 mb = 3939.11 m = 12923.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.08 % Est. max temperature: 35.31 C = 95.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.58 mb = 1692.69 m = 5553.38 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.96 mb = 3315.92 m = 10878.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.04 C = 100.48 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1041.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 362.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.39 mb = 2310.63 m = 7580.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.39 mb = 4181.77 m = 13719.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.39 mb = 12055.46 m = 39551.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1041.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.39 mb = 14663.70 m = 48108.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.71 Bulk Shear: 155.16 m/s