MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.54,-99.81 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -99.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 546 SFC 921 819 24.6 19.5 73 5.2 20.9 165 14 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.7 15.66 3 900 1020 24.3 19.1 73 5.2 20.6 168 26 306.5 309.4 297.4 353.5 15.63 4 850 1523 26.7 14.3 47 12.4 18.2 198 36 314.1 316.4 297.0 351.8 12.17 5 800 2058 25.7 6.9 30 18.8 13.8 218 24 318.6 320.1 295.1 343.5 7.84 6 750 2621 21.5 0.5 25 20.9 9.5 235 16 319.9 320.9 293.6 337.0 5.31 7 700 3213 16.8 -5.8 21 22.6 5.3 264 15 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.7 3.54 8 650 3837 11.0 -10.3 21 21.3 1.3 272 15 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.4 2.69 9 600 4496 5.0 -14.6 23 19.6 -2.9 287 19 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.9 2.06 10 550 5197 -1.1 -17.2 28 16.1 -7.1 297 29 322.7 323.1 291.4 328.9 1.80 11 500 5948 -7.2 -22.3 29 15.0 -11.9 296 37 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.7 1.28 12 450 6760 -13.5 -29.1 26 15.5 -17.3 313 22 326.2 326.4 291.4 329.0 0.77 13 400 7644 -19.6 -40.9 13 21.3 -22.9 284 19 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.27 14 350 8620 -27.7 -43.0 22 15.2 -29.5 275 21 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.25 15 300 9706 -36.9 -46.0 38 9.1 -37.7 279 32 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.21 16 250 10942 -45.9 -55.2 34 9.3 -46.3 301 44 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 17 200 12390 -57.1 -58.0 90 0.9 -57.1 297 61 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.08 18 150 14195 -60.1 -75.5 12 15.4 -60.3 255 32 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16706 -60.2 -84.0 3 23.9 -60.4 225 15 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.94 m Freezing level: 559.17 mb = 5068.83 m = 16629.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.97 mb = 4029.28 m = 13219.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.14 % Est. max temperature: 38.73 C = 101.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.95 mb = 1481.70 m = 4861.15 ft T: 26.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 24.78 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.96 mb = 3759.73 m = 12334.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.73 C = 105.32 F Cap Strength: 8.09 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.73 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.47 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 25.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2253.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 486.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.16 mb = 2549.47 m = 8364.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.16 mb = 4480.30 m = 14698.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.16 mb = 13367.09 m = 43854.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2214.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.7 neg: -13.8 tot: 274.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 13.56 Bulk Shear: 166.19 m/s