MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.82,-99.09 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -99.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 525 SFC 931 702 30.2 18.5 50 11.6 21.8 147 16 309.6 312.3 297.5 353.9 14.57 3 900 1007 29.2 15.4 43 13.9 19.6 155 31 311.6 314.0 296.5 349.4 12.29 4 850 1514 25.8 13.9 48 11.9 17.7 174 35 313.1 315.4 296.5 349.6 11.80 5 800 2045 22.6 12.4 52 10.2 15.7 200 31 315.2 317.4 296.8 350.6 11.36 6 750 2603 17.6 10.7 64 7.0 13.0 210 31 315.7 317.8 296.5 349.5 10.82 7 700 3189 12.7 8.4 75 4.2 10.0 228 30 316.5 318.4 296.1 347.7 9.96 8 650 3806 8.1 0.4 58 7.7 3.8 244 28 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.5 6.06 9 600 4463 4.5 -18.1 18 22.5 -3.9 271 23 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.6 1.54 10 550 5163 -1.6 -19.4 24 17.8 -7.8 263 25 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.3 1.50 11 500 5912 -8.3 -18.6 43 10.3 -11.8 269 27 322.9 323.3 291.4 328.9 1.76 12 450 6720 -14.3 -19.3 66 5.0 -15.9 284 28 325.3 325.6 292.2 331.6 1.85 13 400 7603 -19.9 -24.8 65 4.9 -21.1 284 28 329.1 329.4 292.7 333.7 1.28 14 350 8579 -27.6 -33.5 57 5.9 -28.6 268 34 331.5 331.7 292.8 333.9 0.65 15 300 9666 -36.9 -40.3 71 3.4 -37.3 264 35 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.38 16 250 10900 -46.2 -57.3 27 11.1 -46.7 282 39 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12356 -53.1 -64.3 25 11.1 -53.4 281 37 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14180 -59.0 -76.3 9 17.3 -59.2 248 32 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16692 -63.4 -83.6 5 20.2 -63.6 221 17 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.67 m Freezing level: 563.06 mb = 4980.25 m = 16339.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.25 mb = 4124.81 m = 13532.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 35.93 C = 96.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.70 mb = 2190.10 m = 7185.28 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.70 C/km ThetaE index: 24.06 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.86 mb = 3370.95 m = 11059.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.42 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 43.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 557.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1894.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.61 mb = 2802.10 m = 9193.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.61 mb = 4225.63 m = 13863.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.61 mb = 12761.34 m = 41867.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1864.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.61 mb = 16237.33 m = 53271.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 400.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.23 Bulk Rich Number: 12.04 Bulk Shear: 157.38 m/s