MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.34,-95.63 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 968 358 29.3 22.3 66 7.0 24.2 56 11 305.3 308.6 298.4 358.5 17.78 2 950 523 28.6 20.3 61 8.3 22.6 60 18 306.2 309.2 297.5 354.3 16.02 3 900 1003 25.9 17.9 61 8.0 20.2 98 14 308.2 310.9 297.1 352.1 14.50 4 850 1505 23.5 14.9 59 8.6 17.6 150 17 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.5 12.66 5 800 2032 19.8 12.5 63 7.2 14.9 178 22 312.2 314.4 296.1 347.6 11.49 6 750 2586 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.1 194 31 314.3 316.5 296.6 349.9 11.45 7 700 3171 12.6 9.0 78 3.7 10.3 215 37 316.5 318.5 296.4 348.9 10.33 8 650 3791 9.7 3.4 65 6.3 5.9 234 39 319.9 321.3 295.3 343.9 7.52 9 600 4452 6.2 -4.0 48 10.3 0.9 252 36 323.3 324.2 294.0 338.8 4.73 10 550 5158 0.2 -7.2 58 7.4 -3.4 260 32 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.7 4.05 11 500 5912 -6.6 -10.8 72 4.2 -8.4 262 33 325.0 325.6 293.4 336.2 3.35 12 450 6725 -13.4 -16.4 79 2.9 -14.5 268 37 326.3 326.8 292.9 334.4 2.36 13 400 7611 -19.0 -27.1 49 8.1 -21.0 262 36 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.0 1.04 14 350 8591 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -27.2 262 36 333.6 333.7 293.4 336.3 0.74 15 300 9686 -34.8 -45.4 33 10.7 -35.8 258 31 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 16 250 10934 -43.7 -49.9 50 6.2 -44.0 255 31 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.16 17 200 12395 -54.9 -61.8 43 6.8 -55.1 251 30 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14183 -65.5 -73.7 31 8.2 -65.5 257 44 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16659 -63.8 -83.1 6 19.3 -64.0 230 13 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.55 m Freezing level: 548.86 mb = 5175.10 m = 16978.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.49 mb = 4595.32 m = 15076.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.25 % Est. max temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.47 mb = 1255.56 m = 4119.24 ft T: 24.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2739.77 m = 8988.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.84 C = 101.91 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 41.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2005.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.88 mb = 1861.07 m = 6105.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.88 mb = 4714.72 m = 15468.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.88 mb = 13747.66 m = 45103.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1988.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 530.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 527.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.62 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 269.07 m/s