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: 41.67,-96.11 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 969 348 28.3 21.8 68 6.5 23.6 40 14 304.1 307.3 297.8 355.4 17.20 2 950 526 26.5 20.7 70 5.9 22.3 46 22 304.1 307.1 297.2 352.7 16.34 3 900 1002 23.6 18.5 73 5.1 20.0 67 18 305.8 308.6 296.8 350.9 15.03 4 850 1501 21.4 16.6 74 4.8 18.1 122 13 308.5 311.2 296.9 351.4 14.14 5 800 2025 18.9 12.7 67 6.2 14.7 172 20 311.3 313.5 295.9 346.8 11.58 6 750 2578 16.2 10.9 71 5.3 12.7 196 32 314.1 316.2 296.3 348.2 10.98 7 700 3163 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 9.6 217 38 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.5 9.35 8 650 3784 11.1 -1.2 42 12.3 4.4 245 32 321.5 322.6 294.1 339.1 5.40 9 600 4447 6.5 -6.4 39 12.9 0.1 256 28 323.6 324.4 293.5 336.7 3.95 10 550 5153 0.3 -8.9 50 9.2 -4.0 256 31 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.2 3.54 11 500 5908 -6.7 -11.5 69 4.8 -8.7 259 35 324.9 325.5 293.2 335.5 3.17 12 450 6719 -14.0 -14.9 93 0.9 -14.3 262 38 325.7 326.2 293.0 334.8 2.68 13 400 7603 -19.8 -25.8 59 6.0 -21.3 259 39 329.2 329.5 292.6 333.4 1.17 14 350 8582 -26.4 -32.9 54 6.6 -27.5 260 40 333.2 333.3 293.3 335.7 0.68 15 300 9676 -34.4 -46.3 29 11.9 -35.5 259 35 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.20 16 250 10927 -43.5 -48.8 56 5.2 -43.9 261 31 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.18 17 200 12389 -54.9 -60.3 52 5.3 -55.1 258 32 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14180 -64.9 -73.8 28 8.9 -65.0 253 46 358.2 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16657 -62.8 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.0 223 14 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.89 m Freezing level: 548.08 mb = 5182.09 m = 17001.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.33 mb = 4469.82 m = 14664.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.21 mb = 1176.10 m = 3858.54 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.39 mb = 2573.51 m = 8443.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.17 C = 100.70 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1837.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 279.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.19 mb = 1519.11 m = 4983.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.19 mb = 4818.01 m = 15806.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.19 mb = 13284.78 m = 43584.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1834.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 612.3 neg: -10.6 tot: 601.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 301.41 m/s