MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 42.52,-98.3 Latitude: 42.52 Longitude: -98.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 952 551 23.9 17.5 67 6.4 19.5 39 7 301.3 303.8 294.5 340.6 13.37 2 950 567 23.8 16.8 65 7.0 19.1 38 8 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.0 12.78 3 900 1038 20.2 14.8 71 5.3 16.6 28 9 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.4 11.88 4 850 1529 16.2 13.5 84 2.7 14.4 4 4 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.3 11.51 5 800 2043 13.6 9.8 77 3.9 11.2 262 9 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.3 9.53 6 750 2585 10.1 5.1 71 5.0 7.2 270 14 307.6 308.9 291.7 330.0 7.37 7 700 3155 6.4 1.5 71 4.9 3.8 288 13 309.6 310.8 291.3 328.4 6.10 8 650 3759 2.5 -2.9 68 5.4 -0.2 302 14 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.8 4.77 9 600 4402 -1.1 -10.9 47 9.8 -5.1 312 16 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.8 2.77 10 550 5091 -5.4 -14.7 48 9.3 -8.8 322 19 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.0 2.22 11 500 5832 -10.1 -24.6 29 14.5 -14.0 318 23 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.04 12 450 6635 -15.8 -34.2 19 18.5 -19.3 313 26 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.47 13 400 7510 -22.8 -34.7 33 11.9 -24.8 310 24 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.50 14 350 8474 -30.7 -34.4 70 3.7 -31.3 307 22 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.59 15 300 9549 -39.5 -41.9 78 2.4 -39.6 297 21 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.0 0.32 16 250 10770 -47.8 -58.8 27 11.0 -48.1 294 29 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12225 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.5 -53.0 298 50 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14069 -55.8 -79.5 4 23.6 -56.2 294 44 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16605 -62.2 -83.4 4 21.2 -62.4 315 21 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.44 m Freezing level: 615.60 mb = 4201.70 m = 13784.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.99 mb = 3734.43 m = 12251.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.75 mb = 1361.37 m = 4466.40 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2131.65 m = 6993.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 865.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.85 mb = 1681.48 m = 5516.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.85 mb = 2923.92 m = 9592.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.85 mb = 11040.05 m = 36220.19 ft B at Equ Level: 861.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.85 mb = 13272.24 m = 43543.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 26.00 Bulk Shear: 33.29 m/s