MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 40.43,-97.36 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 472 40.1 9.3 16 30.8 19.9 19 12 317.3 318.8 294.7 341.7 7.71 2 950 527 37.8 8.7 17 29.1 19.1 18 14 315.6 317.0 294.1 339.0 7.45 3 900 1017 32.7 7.5 21 25.2 16.8 18 16 315.2 316.6 293.8 338.0 7.25 4 850 1527 27.8 6.5 26 21.3 14.6 15 13 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.8 7.15 5 800 2058 22.8 5.4 32 17.4 12.2 12 11 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.6 7.04 6 750 2615 17.5 4.2 41 13.3 9.6 9 11 315.6 316.9 293.6 337.3 6.91 7 700 3198 12.0 2.7 53 9.3 6.6 6 11 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.7 6.64 8 650 3813 6.9 -2.0 53 8.9 2.2 352 12 316.7 317.7 292.5 332.9 5.07 9 600 4465 2.2 -10.6 38 12.8 -3.3 342 14 318.7 319.2 291.2 328.1 2.85 10 550 5162 -1.5 -22.8 18 21.4 -8.2 329 16 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.11 11 500 5914 -6.3 -29.8 14 23.5 -12.4 328 21 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.64 12 450 6727 -12.6 -31.1 20 18.5 -16.9 325 22 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 13 400 7615 -19.0 -30.4 36 11.4 -21.5 304 24 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.76 14 350 8593 -27.0 -36.0 42 9.0 -28.3 285 29 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.51 15 300 9683 -36.0 -44.0 44 8.0 -36.7 282 28 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.6 0.26 16 250 10924 -44.8 -53.9 36 9.1 -45.2 276 42 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.10 17 200 12386 -53.8 -60.4 44 6.6 -53.9 246 48 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.06 18 150 14190 -62.6 -71.2 31 8.6 -62.7 266 42 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 19 100 16666 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.4 311 11 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.56 m Freezing level: 569.83 mb = 4885.47 m = 16028.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.93 mb = 4068.36 m = 13347.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.97 % Est. max temperature: 38.22 C = 100.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 614.41 mb = 4271.53 m = 14014.04 ft T: 3.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 591.41 mb = 4580.45 m = 15027.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.05 C = 107.69 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.16 C Cross Totals Index: 12.84 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 623.20 mb = 4155.84 m = 13634.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 438.20 mb = 6927.55 m = 22727.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.20 mb = 10196.61 m = 33453.04 ft B at Equ Level: 84.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.20 mb = 11521.98 m = 37801.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 20.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -2.7 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.20 Bulk Shear: 6.43 m/s