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,-96.50 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 965 392 27.7 21.0 67 6.7 22.9 34 13 303.9 307.0 297.3 352.9 16.45 2 950 527 26.3 19.9 68 6.4 21.7 38 20 303.9 306.7 296.7 350.2 15.58 3 900 1002 22.4 18.5 78 4.0 19.6 52 21 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.5 15.05 4 850 1498 19.8 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 91 15 306.8 309.7 297.3 352.9 15.28 5 800 2022 19.1 13.1 68 5.9 15.1 164 21 311.5 313.7 296.2 348.1 11.95 6 750 2575 16.6 10.6 68 5.9 12.7 199 32 314.6 316.6 296.2 348.2 10.80 7 700 3161 13.6 6.9 64 6.6 9.5 220 39 317.5 319.3 295.7 345.9 8.99 8 650 3783 11.8 -3.3 35 15.1 3.8 253 27 322.3 323.2 293.7 337.4 4.61 9 600 4447 6.5 -7.3 37 13.8 -0.2 258 27 323.6 324.3 293.3 335.8 3.68 10 550 5152 0.2 -9.3 49 9.5 -4.1 256 32 324.3 325.0 293.3 335.9 3.45 11 500 5907 -6.7 -11.3 70 4.6 -8.7 257 36 324.8 325.5 293.2 335.6 3.22 12 450 6718 -14.0 -15.5 88 1.5 -14.5 258 37 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.3 2.54 13 400 7602 -19.9 -24.0 70 4.1 -21.0 259 41 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.38 14 350 8580 -26.5 -36.9 37 10.4 -28.1 261 42 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.46 15 300 9675 -34.4 -46.2 29 11.8 -35.4 261 36 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.20 16 250 10926 -43.7 -49.1 55 5.4 -44.0 264 31 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12387 -55.1 -59.7 57 4.6 -55.2 257 34 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14179 -64.6 -73.6 28 9.0 -64.7 254 47 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16656 -62.3 -83.6 4 21.4 -62.5 225 15 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.15 m Freezing level: 548.39 mb = 5176.66 m = 16983.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.69 mb = 4409.49 m = 14466.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.75 C = 92.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.95 mb = 1237.47 m = 4059.89 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2771.98 m = 9094.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.19 C = 102.55 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1595.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.72 mb = 1460.55 m = 4791.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.72 mb = 5024.75 m = 16485.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.72 mb = 13087.71 m = 42938.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1590.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.72 mb = 16145.31 m = 52969.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 701.6 neg: -16.8 tot: 684.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 13.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 293.79 m/s