MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.11,-101.05 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -101.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 532 SFC 905 960 29.1 14.6 41 14.5 19.2 176 5 311.0 313.2 295.8 346.5 11.60 3 900 1009 28.7 13.0 38 15.7 18.2 174 7 311.1 313.1 295.1 343.4 10.52 4 850 1513 24.1 11.1 44 13.1 15.6 183 9 311.4 313.3 294.7 341.6 9.80 5 800 2039 19.2 9.9 55 9.3 13.3 191 9 311.6 313.5 294.6 341.3 9.62 6 750 2590 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.4 201 10 312.0 313.7 294.3 340.1 9.12 7 700 3168 10.2 -0.5 47 10.7 4.5 227 7 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.27 8 650 3779 5.2 -5.0 48 10.2 0.3 240 8 314.8 315.6 291.1 327.8 4.05 9 600 4426 -0.3 -9.0 52 8.7 -4.1 258 11 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.22 10 550 5115 -6.1 -11.8 64 5.7 -8.3 275 16 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.82 11 500 5854 -10.9 -21.1 43 10.3 -13.9 275 16 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.6 1.41 12 450 6656 -15.9 -29.3 31 13.4 -18.9 300 13 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.75 13 400 7532 -22.2 -34.0 33 11.8 -24.2 353 11 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.54 14 350 8498 -30.1 -36.3 55 6.2 -31.0 17 15 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.49 15 300 9577 -37.3 -38.9 86 1.5 -37.5 356 21 332.8 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.44 16 250 10812 -46.7 -46.9 99 0.1 -46.7 325 50 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.23 17 200 12277 -49.4 -56.8 42 7.4 -49.7 313 39 354.5 354.5 297.7 354.9 0.09 18 150 14142 -55.0 -78.5 4 23.5 -55.4 304 29 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.01 19 100 16684 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 296 11 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.49 m Freezing level: 602.65 mb = 4392.05 m = 14409.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.07 mb = 3815.75 m = 12518.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.49 mb = 2787.76 m = 9146.08 ft T: 12.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.93 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3434.73 m = 11268.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1247.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.86 mb = 3110.23 m = 10204.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.86 mb = 3781.00 m = 12404.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.86 mb = 11363.41 m = 37281.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1231.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.86 mb = 14148.00 m = 46416.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 69.53 Bulk Shear: 17.93 m/s