MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.89,-97.79 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 536 SFC 950 537 28.2 22.8 73 5.4 24.2 51 7 305.8 309.3 299.1 361.9 18.71 3 900 1016 26.5 18.4 61 8.1 20.7 71 9 308.8 311.6 297.5 354.1 14.93 4 850 1519 23.1 16.3 66 6.8 18.4 126 7 310.3 313.0 297.2 352.7 13.87 5 800 2046 19.5 13.4 68 6.0 15.4 170 13 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.4 12.20 6 750 2598 15.0 11.9 82 3.0 13.0 192 15 312.8 315.1 296.4 349.2 11.78 7 700 3180 10.8 10.4 97 0.4 10.6 230 22 314.5 316.7 296.6 349.9 11.41 8 650 3798 9.7 1.2 56 8.5 4.9 261 31 319.9 321.2 294.4 340.6 6.45 9 600 4457 5.0 -5.4 47 10.3 -0.2 274 28 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.9 4.28 10 550 5159 -1.2 -9.0 55 7.9 -4.7 276 30 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.3 3.51 11 500 5911 -7.2 -14.4 56 7.2 -9.9 270 33 324.3 324.7 292.4 332.7 2.50 12 450 6725 -11.2 -22.5 39 11.2 -14.6 276 37 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.40 13 400 7620 -16.4 -35.2 18 18.8 -20.1 261 27 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.5 0.48 14 350 8609 -24.3 -42.4 17 18.2 -26.8 261 23 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.26 15 300 9711 -33.6 -47.9 22 14.3 -34.9 256 23 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 16 250 10961 -44.0 -52.4 39 8.3 -44.5 250 28 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 17 200 12419 -55.7 -61.4 49 5.6 -55.9 240 33 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14205 -63.6 -67.8 57 4.2 -63.7 234 52 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.03 19 100 16695 -63.0 -83.9 4 20.8 -63.3 254 22 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.77 m Freezing level: 559.57 mb = 5024.97 m = 16485.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.55 mb = 4436.12 m = 14554.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.17 mb = 1222.17 m = 4009.69 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.79 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.70 mb = 2409.57 m = 7905.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.64 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 46.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2295.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.58 mb = 1920.77 m = 6301.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.58 mb = 2750.30 m = 9023.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 656.58 mb = 3713.61 m = 12183.63 ft B at Equ Level: 37.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 286.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 18.44 Bulk Shear: 124.48 m/s