MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.53,-94.29 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 980 326 23.3 12.2 50 11.0 16.3 146 8 298.1 299.7 290.2 324.8 9.14 2 950 598 20.1 10.1 53 10.0 14.0 140 10 297.6 299.0 289.2 321.5 8.19 3 900 1060 15.6 9.2 66 6.4 11.8 131 10 297.6 299.1 289.2 321.4 8.14 4 850 1542 11.5 7.2 75 4.3 9.0 122 8 298.2 299.5 288.8 320.2 7.50 5 800 2051 13.5 -18.5 9 32.1 2.0 177 2 305.6 305.8 285.0 309.2 1.11 6 750 2591 11.2 -13.1 17 24.3 1.4 277 3 308.8 309.1 287.0 314.8 1.86 7 700 3163 7.5 -2.4 49 9.9 2.5 279 4 310.8 311.7 290.3 325.1 4.57 8 650 3768 3.0 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.1 261 5 312.3 313.2 290.8 326.9 4.64 9 600 4411 -2.1 -7.2 68 5.1 -4.3 251 7 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.6 3.72 10 550 5096 -6.5 -16.4 45 10.0 -9.9 245 8 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.8 1.93 11 500 5834 -11.3 -29.1 21 17.8 -15.4 223 11 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.69 12 450 6635 -16.0 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.6 139 3 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.2 1.47 13 400 7514 -21.7 -23.9 82 2.3 -22.2 168 1 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.38 14 350 8485 -27.5 -27.5 100 0.0 -27.5 224 10 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.14 15 300 9576 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.6 216 18 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10817 -46.1 -46.1 100 -0.0 -46.1 198 24 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.5 0.24 17 200 12271 -52.7 -63.2 27 10.6 -52.9 241 40 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.04 18 150 14144 -53.0 -80.9 2 28.0 -53.4 262 34 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16665 -64.9 -83.9 6 18.9 -65.1 318 27 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.76 m Freezing level: 620.59 mb = 4146.24 m = 13602.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.89 mb = 3744.46 m = 12284.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.03 mb = 1711.37 m = 5614.68 ft T: 12.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.61 mb = 3464.49 m = 11366.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.97 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.31 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 19.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8582.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.75 mb = 1846.11 m = 6056.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -15.8 tot: -12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 12.25 m/s