MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.35,-95.68 Latitude: 41.35 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 SFC 962 358 44.0 12.8 16 31.2 22.5 175 13 320.7 322.6 297.0 351.7 9.71 2 950 466 41.1 12.2 18 29.0 21.4 181 17 318.9 320.7 296.4 348.8 9.41 3 900 962 36.2 11.0 22 25.1 19.3 195 19 318.8 320.5 296.2 347.9 9.21 4 850 1478 31.3 9.8 27 21.4 17.1 210 20 318.9 320.7 296.1 347.5 9.01 5 800 2016 26.2 8.7 33 17.5 14.8 220 20 319.1 320.8 296.0 347.3 8.88 6 750 2580 20.9 7.4 42 13.5 12.3 230 22 319.3 321.0 295.9 346.9 8.68 7 700 3171 15.5 5.8 53 9.6 9.5 240 23 319.6 321.2 295.8 346.1 8.32 8 650 3794 9.7 3.6 66 6.1 6.1 249 24 320.0 321.5 295.4 344.5 7.66 9 600 4452 3.8 -0.1 75 4.0 1.7 265 24 320.6 321.8 294.6 340.9 6.33 10 550 5152 -2.1 -6.1 74 4.0 -4.0 288 25 321.6 322.5 293.3 336.1 4.41 11 500 5902 -7.6 -13.4 63 5.9 -9.9 301 23 323.8 324.3 292.5 332.9 2.72 12 450 6714 -12.8 -16.5 73 3.7 -14.1 300 22 327.2 327.6 293.1 335.2 2.33 13 400 7602 -19.1 -24.1 65 5.0 -20.4 295 23 330.2 330.4 293.0 335.0 1.37 14 350 8582 -26.4 -34.7 46 8.3 -27.8 284 25 333.2 333.3 293.2 335.3 0.57 15 300 9675 -35.5 -42.6 48 7.1 -36.2 281 25 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.5 0.30 16 250 10919 -44.0 -60.0 15 16.0 -44.6 267 25 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12384 -54.0 -67.1 19 13.1 -54.2 279 23 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14186 -63.0 -75.5 17 12.5 -63.1 278 22 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.5 232 10 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5895.46 m Freezing level: 567.53 mb = 4906.87 m = 16098.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.39 mb = 4650.55 m = 15257.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.74 % Est. max temperature: 42.34 C = 108.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.01 mb = 4222.24 m = 13852.32 ft T: 5.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.78 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.28 mb = 4272.11 m = 14015.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.70 C = 110.67 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 39.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1294.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.68 mb = 4107.39 m = 13475.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.68 mb = 4442.89 m = 14576.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.68 mb = 12682.98 m = 41610.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1277.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.68 mb = 15510.71 m = 50887.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 20.58 Bulk Shear: 62.87 m/s