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: 40.8,-97.37 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 962 481 21.9 15.4 67 6.5 17.6 165 9 298.3 300.4 292.2 331.8 11.51 2 950 585 20.0 14.6 71 5.4 16.5 168 12 297.4 299.4 291.6 329.5 11.05 3 900 1049 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.4 176 13 298.1 300.1 291.6 329.5 10.80 4 850 1534 15.5 8.6 63 6.9 11.3 184 15 302.3 303.9 290.8 326.9 8.25 5 800 2048 14.4 4.9 53 9.4 8.9 199 8 306.5 307.8 290.9 327.2 6.82 6 750 2590 10.9 3.9 62 7.0 6.9 238 8 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.2 6.77 7 700 3162 7.3 1.3 65 6.1 4.1 275 9 310.6 311.8 291.5 329.3 6.01 8 650 3768 2.8 -0.5 79 3.3 1.1 321 11 312.1 313.2 291.7 329.9 5.68 9 600 4411 -2.2 -6.8 71 4.6 -4.3 339 15 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.8 3.83 10 550 5096 -6.6 -17.8 41 11.2 -10.4 333 17 316.2 316.5 289.3 321.9 1.71 11 500 5834 -10.6 -26.7 25 16.1 -14.7 345 19 320.1 320.2 289.7 323.1 0.86 12 450 6635 -16.9 -24.6 51 7.8 -18.8 341 20 322.0 322.3 290.6 326.1 1.16 13 400 7509 -22.1 -23.2 91 1.1 -22.4 336 21 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.4 1.48 14 350 8478 -29.1 -29.1 100 0.0 -29.0 314 9 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.1 0.99 15 300 9560 -37.9 -37.9 100 -0.0 -37.9 210 5 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.8 0.49 16 250 10787 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.5 156 19 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 17 200 12251 -46.8 -72.5 4 25.7 -47.5 263 13 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 18 150 14139 -51.8 -80.3 2 28.5 -52.3 259 29 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16675 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 326 23 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.43 m Freezing level: 622.11 mb = 4126.51 m = 13538.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.92 mb = 3893.55 m = 12773.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.16 mb = 1296.12 m = 4252.30 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2742.77 m = 8998.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: 0.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: 28.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7025.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.80 mb = 1496.43 m = 4909.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 339.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 73.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 74.73 m/s