MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.48,-97.20 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 957 451 26.1 22.3 80 3.8 23.3 39 6 303.0 306.3 298.0 356.5 18.03 2 950 518 27.8 22.0 71 5.8 23.5 41 10 305.4 308.7 298.4 358.7 17.79 3 900 999 26.7 18.0 59 8.7 20.5 45 10 309.0 311.8 297.3 353.2 14.55 4 850 1503 24.6 15.4 57 9.1 18.2 166 8 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.0 13.07 5 800 2033 21.3 13.5 61 7.8 16.0 180 21 313.8 316.1 297.0 351.7 12.25 6 750 2589 17.4 11.0 66 6.3 13.1 196 26 315.4 317.6 296.6 350.0 11.08 7 700 3175 13.7 7.5 66 6.2 9.7 221 27 317.6 319.4 296.0 347.0 9.32 8 650 3796 10.0 -1.4 45 11.4 3.8 270 15 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.32 9 600 4456 5.2 -10.6 31 15.8 -1.8 286 17 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.7 2.85 10 550 5158 -0.9 -12.9 40 12.0 -5.8 271 27 323.0 323.5 292.2 331.6 2.57 11 500 5910 -7.5 -14.0 60 6.5 -10.0 273 37 323.9 324.4 292.4 332.6 2.59 12 450 6720 -13.6 -25.1 37 11.5 -16.7 282 37 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.1 1.10 13 400 7605 -19.2 -41.6 12 22.3 -22.7 279 35 330.0 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.25 14 350 8585 -25.7 -46.8 12 21.1 -28.1 280 32 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 15 300 9682 -34.3 -44.4 35 10.1 -35.3 282 27 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.1 0.25 16 250 10931 -44.1 -52.2 40 8.1 -44.6 274 22 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.12 17 200 12387 -56.2 -60.2 60 4.0 -56.2 267 21 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.06 18 150 14155 -67.5 -69.0 80 1.6 -67.5 264 34 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16641 -63.0 -83.7 5 20.6 -63.3 241 12 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.17 m Freezing level: 557.51 mb = 5052.63 m = 16576.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.97 mb = 4239.23 m = 13908.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.28 % Est. max temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.70 mb = 933.17 m = 3061.53 ft T: 26.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 27.03 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2920.76 m = 9582.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.59 C = 103.27 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 41.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2512.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.62 mb = 1928.30 m = 6326.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.62 mb = 4257.35 m = 13967.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.62 mb = 14379.51 m = 47176.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2469.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.5 neg: -13.4 tot: 328.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.74 Bulk Rich Number: 19.96 Bulk Shear: 125.85 m/s