MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.29,-101.92 Latitude: 41.29 Longitude: -101.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 1 950 641 SFC 901 1098 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.4 150 15 300.2 302.5 293.4 336.5 12.37 3 900 1104 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.2 151 16 299.8 302.1 293.3 335.9 12.33 4 850 1590 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 160 21 300.6 302.7 293.0 335.0 11.72 5 800 2102 13.7 10.8 83 2.9 11.9 183 23 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.4 10.22 6 750 2645 11.5 7.3 75 4.3 8.9 195 18 309.1 310.7 293.1 335.2 8.56 7 700 3220 8.3 3.6 73 4.6 5.6 206 14 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.7 7.11 8 650 3828 4.6 -0.7 68 5.3 1.8 231 11 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.9 5.61 9 600 4476 0.3 -5.1 67 5.4 -2.3 258 12 316.5 317.3 291.8 330.4 4.36 10 550 5168 -4.9 -9.4 71 4.5 -6.8 272 16 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.5 3.42 11 500 5910 -9.9 -15.5 64 5.6 -11.9 268 21 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.6 2.29 12 450 6715 -14.9 -22.8 51 7.9 -17.1 261 18 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.36 13 400 7595 -21.8 -26.5 65 4.8 -22.8 268 19 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.6 1.09 14 350 8562 -29.3 -33.6 66 4.3 -30.0 255 28 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.6 0.64 15 300 9643 -38.2 -38.7 96 0.4 -38.2 240 35 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.45 16 250 10877 -45.6 -52.8 44 7.2 -46.0 237 52 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.11 17 200 12338 -51.9 -68.0 13 16.1 -52.3 246 47 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14185 -55.5 -79.7 3 24.2 -55.8 264 41 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16710 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.5 324 14 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.23 m Freezing level: 597.14 mb = 4515.84 m = 14815.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.93 mb = 4108.03 m = 13477.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.28 mb = 1438.40 m = 4719.10 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2623.36 m = 8606.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 291.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.95 mb = 1761.25 m = 5778.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.95 mb = 4912.56 m = 16117.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.95 mb = 10159.48 m = 33331.21 ft B at Equ Level: 291.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.95 mb = 12082.65 m = 39640.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.82 Bulk Shear: 60.49 m/s