MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.05,-96.91 Latitude: 41.05 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 960 434 21.3 18.9 86 2.4 19.6 282 11 298.0 300.6 294.3 339.9 14.45 2 950 522 22.5 17.6 73 5.0 19.1 279 19 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.3 13.41 3 900 995 24.3 12.3 47 12.0 16.4 264 28 306.5 308.4 293.5 336.7 10.00 4 850 1495 22.3 10.6 47 11.7 14.8 246 28 309.5 311.3 294.0 338.5 9.49 5 800 2020 19.0 9.4 54 9.6 12.9 231 29 311.4 313.1 294.3 339.9 9.27 6 750 2572 15.5 7.5 59 8.0 10.5 224 31 313.4 315.0 294.4 340.3 8.68 7 700 3154 11.5 4.4 62 7.1 7.3 221 33 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.51 8 650 3770 6.6 0.7 66 5.9 3.4 220 35 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.1 6.21 9 600 4424 3.4 -4.2 58 7.6 -0.4 221 33 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.3 4.69 10 550 5124 -1.3 -8.1 60 6.9 -4.4 231 37 322.6 323.3 293.0 335.0 3.76 11 500 5876 -7.0 -11.7 69 4.8 -8.9 226 39 324.6 325.2 293.0 335.0 3.12 12 450 6689 -12.9 -14.8 85 2.0 -13.6 218 32 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.2 2.68 13 400 7578 -18.6 -19.3 94 0.7 -18.8 227 28 330.7 331.2 293.8 338.0 2.07 14 350 8560 -25.5 -25.7 98 0.2 -25.5 240 26 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.3 1.35 15 300 9659 -33.8 -33.8 100 0.0 -33.8 251 22 337.7 337.8 294.4 340.4 0.73 16 250 10908 -44.3 -44.3 100 0.0 -44.3 251 19 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.4 0.30 17 200 12361 -57.2 -57.2 99 0.1 -57.2 246 19 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.08 18 150 14128 -66.3 -67.4 86 1.1 -66.3 156 16 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16622 -59.7 -83.8 3 24.2 -60.0 229 7 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.03 m Freezing level: 563.57 mb = 4934.15 m = 16187.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.21 mb = 4353.04 m = 14281.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.04 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.09 mb = 745.04 m = 2444.33 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.32 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3389.15 m = 11119.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.83 C = 101.90 F Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 32.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 601.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.71 mb = 2108.98 m = 6919.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 456.71 mb = 6575.15 m = 21571.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.71 mb = 7269.00 m = 23848.13 ft B at Equ Level: 40.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.71 mb = 9272.22 m = 30420.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -52.3 tot: -46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 63.54 m/s