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: 41.94,-98.08 Latitude: 41.94 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 536 SFC 945 581 27.7 22.4 73 5.4 23.8 41 9 305.8 309.2 298.8 360.7 18.29 3 900 1015 25.8 19.0 66 6.7 20.9 52 12 308.1 311.0 297.7 355.2 15.58 4 850 1518 22.8 16.7 68 6.1 18.5 103 8 310.0 312.7 297.4 353.3 14.21 5 800 2044 19.5 13.7 69 5.8 15.5 161 14 311.9 314.3 296.6 350.0 12.39 6 750 2597 14.9 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 191 15 312.8 315.1 296.8 350.8 12.35 7 700 3179 11.0 10.6 97 0.4 10.7 221 25 314.7 316.9 296.8 350.6 11.55 8 650 3797 9.7 0.7 53 9.0 4.6 257 34 320.0 321.2 294.3 340.0 6.23 9 600 4456 4.9 -5.9 45 10.8 -0.4 272 31 321.8 322.6 293.1 335.2 4.10 10 550 5158 -1.2 -8.2 59 7.1 -4.4 271 33 322.7 323.4 293.0 335.0 3.73 11 500 5909 -7.3 -14.4 57 7.2 -10.0 267 35 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.50 12 450 6723 -11.4 -22.0 41 10.5 -14.7 275 39 328.9 329.1 292.8 334.0 1.46 13 400 7618 -16.4 -34.6 19 18.2 -20.1 262 28 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.6 0.51 14 350 8607 -24.2 -41.4 19 17.2 -26.6 261 24 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.3 0.29 15 300 9709 -33.6 -46.9 25 13.3 -34.8 257 24 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.19 16 250 10959 -44.0 -51.8 41 7.8 -44.5 251 28 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.13 17 200 12417 -55.7 -61.9 46 6.2 -55.8 238 33 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 18 150 14206 -63.5 -67.5 58 4.0 -63.6 228 54 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.03 19 100 16695 -63.0 -84.1 4 21.1 -63.2 255 23 405.9 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.92 m Freezing level: 559.80 mb = 5020.30 m = 16470.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.40 mb = 4395.83 m = 14421.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.44 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.52 mb = 1267.70 m = 4159.08 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.43 mb = 2377.57 m = 7800.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 46.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2327.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.86 mb = 1862.96 m = 6111.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.86 mb = 2803.11 m = 9196.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 651.86 mb = 3772.70 m = 12377.46 ft B at Equ Level: 34.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 367.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.97 Bulk Rich Number: 14.98 Bulk Shear: 155.37 m/s