MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-98.56 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 553 SFC 942 628 27.8 11.1 35 16.7 17.1 357 7 306.1 307.8 292.5 332.8 8.85 3 900 1027 22.6 8.6 41 14.0 14.0 342 9 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.4 7.84 4 850 1520 17.8 7.7 51 10.1 11.7 326 9 304.8 306.3 291.2 328.3 7.79 5 800 2034 13.0 6.8 66 6.2 9.3 316 10 305.0 306.4 291.3 328.4 7.78 6 750 2574 10.2 5.0 70 5.2 7.2 304 18 307.7 309.0 291.7 330.0 7.32 7 700 3147 8.5 4.1 74 4.4 5.9 295 33 311.9 313.3 293.0 334.7 7.37 8 650 3760 7.5 -3.6 45 11.1 1.8 284 40 317.4 318.3 292.2 332.0 4.51 9 600 4413 2.6 -7.5 47 10.1 -2.1 272 42 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.0 3.63 10 550 5111 -2.1 -12.5 45 10.4 -6.3 261 45 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.5 2.67 11 500 5862 -6.4 -20.3 32 13.9 -11.0 272 40 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.5 1.52 12 450 6678 -10.8 -24.0 33 13.2 -14.7 273 39 329.6 329.9 292.8 334.0 1.22 13 400 7572 -17.8 -26.0 49 8.2 -19.9 271 41 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.15 14 350 8555 -25.6 -31.9 56 6.3 -26.8 277 42 334.2 334.3 293.6 337.0 0.75 15 300 9652 -34.4 -40.6 53 6.2 -35.1 278 42 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.3 0.37 16 250 10900 -44.3 -48.0 66 3.7 -44.6 283 43 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12355 -55.9 -57.8 79 1.9 -56.0 293 42 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 18 150 14144 -63.8 -71.3 35 7.5 -63.9 289 19 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.3 0.02 19 100 16634 -60.2 -84.8 3 24.6 -60.5 240 6 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.87 m Freezing level: 572.25 mb = 4800.37 m = 15749.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.61 mb = 4058.85 m = 13316.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.95 mb = 2708.37 m = 8885.63 ft T: 9.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.84 mb = 4320.69 m = 14175.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.34 C = 104.60 F Cap Strength: 6.66 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: 5.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 14.11 C K Index: 27.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6726.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.92 mb = 2765.19 m = 9072.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: -11.1 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 100.67 m/s