MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-95.67 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -95.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 965 350 40.9 15.1 22 25.8 22.8 251 9 317.2 319.4 297.2 352.6 11.26 2 950 493 37.8 14.2 25 23.6 21.5 248 13 315.5 317.6 296.4 349.2 10.78 3 900 984 32.9 13.1 30 19.8 19.4 238 15 315.4 317.5 296.3 348.5 10.59 4 850 1495 28.2 11.8 36 16.4 17.2 228 18 315.7 317.6 296.1 347.8 10.28 5 800 2029 23.3 10.4 44 12.9 14.8 222 20 316.0 317.9 296.0 347.2 9.96 6 750 2587 18.1 9.3 56 8.8 12.4 218 21 316.2 318.1 296.0 347.0 9.84 7 700 3173 12.5 8.0 74 4.5 9.7 217 22 316.4 318.2 295.9 346.7 9.68 8 650 3790 8.0 4.9 81 3.1 6.1 221 30 318.0 319.6 295.4 344.5 8.39 9 600 4449 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 1.4 229 30 321.4 322.6 294.4 340.2 5.78 10 550 5152 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -4.4 247 25 323.2 323.9 293.1 335.1 3.60 11 500 5904 -7.2 -11.6 71 4.4 -9.1 253 28 324.2 324.8 293.0 334.7 3.14 12 450 6715 -13.6 -16.2 81 2.6 -14.5 250 25 326.2 326.6 292.9 334.4 2.40 13 400 7600 -20.0 -21.5 88 1.5 -20.4 255 27 329.0 329.3 293.0 335.0 1.72 14 350 8577 -26.7 -32.6 57 5.9 -27.7 239 25 332.8 333.0 293.2 335.4 0.71 15 300 9671 -34.6 -39.3 62 4.8 -35.1 228 28 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.3 0.42 16 250 10920 -43.8 -50.8 46 7.0 -44.2 209 30 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.6 0.14 17 200 12379 -55.9 -58.5 72 2.6 -55.9 194 37 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 18 150 14160 -64.1 -70.6 41 6.5 -64.2 224 35 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.02 19 100 16666 -61.4 -83.7 4 22.3 -61.7 235 15 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.31 m Freezing level: 556.95 mb = 5054.01 m = 16581.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.09 mb = 4610.72 m = 15126.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.80 % Est. max temperature: 39.58 C = 103.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.20 mb = 3560.23 m = 11680.40 ft T: 9.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.88 mb = 3728.02 m = 12230.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.47 C = 106.65 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 42.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1437.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.71 mb = 3479.50 m = 11415.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.71 mb = 4588.55 m = 15054.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.71 mb = 13041.11 m = 42785.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1424.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.71 mb = 16092.92 m = 52797.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 91.31 Bulk Shear: 15.74 m/s