MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-97.99 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -97.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 956 549 22.1 9.1 44 12.9 14.3 7 8 299.1 300.5 289.2 321.5 7.63 2 950 599 20.1 7.8 45 12.3 12.9 9 10 297.5 298.8 288.1 318.0 6.99 3 900 1061 15.2 6.5 56 8.7 10.3 10 11 297.2 298.4 287.8 317.0 6.77 4 850 1541 11.1 5.1 67 6.0 7.8 6 12 297.7 298.9 287.7 316.8 6.48 5 800 2051 14.7 -2.8 30 17.5 5.9 331 17 306.8 307.6 288.4 318.9 3.89 6 750 2596 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 8.9 301 20 310.6 312.2 293.2 335.3 8.00 7 700 3173 9.6 4.5 70 5.1 6.6 280 24 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.6 7.55 8 650 3786 7.9 1.6 65 6.2 4.4 268 33 317.9 319.2 294.1 339.0 6.65 9 600 4443 3.8 -4.6 54 8.4 -0.4 273 36 320.5 321.4 293.1 335.3 4.54 10 550 5142 -1.8 -10.5 52 8.6 -5.5 269 38 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.3 3.13 11 500 5892 -7.6 -16.7 48 9.1 -10.8 267 42 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.8 2.07 12 450 6703 -13.0 -21.6 49 8.6 -15.6 273 45 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.2 1.52 13 400 7591 -18.7 -24.3 61 5.6 -20.2 270 49 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.5 1.34 14 350 8572 -25.7 -27.5 85 1.8 -26.1 273 53 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.3 1.14 15 300 9669 -34.8 -35.2 96 0.5 -34.8 269 55 336.3 336.5 294.0 338.7 0.64 16 250 10916 -44.4 -49.3 58 4.9 -44.7 267 65 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.17 17 200 12371 -55.4 -62.0 43 6.6 -55.5 270 62 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14176 -63.7 -75.1 20 11.4 -63.8 261 50 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16638 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 277 20 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.20 m Freezing level: 566.36 mb = 4913.40 m = 16119.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.11 mb = 4386.68 m = 14391.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.21 mb = 2165.34 m = 7104.03 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 4.72 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.02 mb = 4911.58 m = 16113.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.15 C = 111.48 F Cap Strength: 12.12 C Lifted Index: 10.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.26 C Showalter Index: 10.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.64 C Cross Totals Index: 12.68 C K Index: 18.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10140.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.68 mb = 2181.73 m = 7157.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.9 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 310.9 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 5.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -28.1 tot: -14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 115.56 m/s