MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-95.48 Latitude: 41.67 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 963 389 31.1 23.2 63 7.9 25.2 25 9 307.6 311.1 299.6 364.9 18.94 2 950 510 30.3 21.5 59 8.8 23.8 31 14 308.0 311.2 298.7 360.1 17.24 3 900 992 26.1 19.7 68 6.4 21.5 43 14 308.4 311.4 298.2 357.7 16.27 4 850 1494 22.4 17.7 75 4.7 19.1 72 9 309.6 312.4 297.8 355.7 15.17 5 800 2020 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.0 147 11 311.8 314.3 297.0 351.9 13.05 6 750 2573 15.8 11.5 76 4.2 13.0 179 21 313.7 315.9 296.4 349.2 11.47 7 700 3158 14.1 4.4 52 9.7 8.3 217 26 318.2 319.6 294.8 342.0 7.52 8 650 3781 10.8 -2.2 40 13.0 3.8 239 25 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.6 5.02 9 600 4441 5.1 -4.4 50 9.5 0.3 246 25 322.0 322.9 293.6 337.0 4.60 10 550 5143 -1.4 -7.0 65 5.6 -4.0 252 26 322.4 323.3 293.3 336.0 4.11 11 500 5894 -8.1 -11.6 76 3.5 -9.6 259 27 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.6 3.14 12 450 6701 -15.0 -15.8 93 0.8 -15.3 257 28 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.8 2.48 13 400 7582 -20.6 -22.4 85 1.8 -21.1 264 34 328.2 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.59 14 350 8562 -25.4 -32.0 54 6.7 -26.6 251 26 334.6 334.7 293.7 337.3 0.75 15 300 9660 -34.5 -39.9 58 5.5 -35.1 242 24 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.3 0.39 16 250 10907 -44.5 -53.4 37 8.9 -44.9 227 23 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 17 200 12361 -56.4 -58.7 75 2.3 -56.5 229 28 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 14147 -61.8 -75.0 16 13.2 -61.9 232 30 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16663 -61.6 -83.8 4 22.2 -61.8 221 23 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.20 m Freezing level: 560.72 mb = 4992.96 m = 16380.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.03 mb = 4481.36 m = 14702.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.33 % Est. max temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.40 mb = 1397.44 m = 4584.73 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 32.08 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2287.83 m = 7505.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.26 C = 97.26 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -8.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.35 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3209.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.34 mb = 1759.93 m = 5773.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.34 mb = 4047.26 m = 13278.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.34 mb = 13771.57 m = 45181.78 ft B at Equ Level: 3199.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.0 neg: -9.1 tot: 329.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.07 Bulk Rich Number: 20.89 Bulk Shear: 153.61 m/s