MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 41.11,-97.55 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -97.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 954 499 23.6 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 358 14 300.8 303.9 296.7 350.2 16.80 2 950 533 23.3 20.7 86 2.6 21.5 0 17 300.8 303.8 296.4 349.0 16.40 3 900 1004 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 15 17 303.3 305.9 295.8 346.3 14.53 4 850 1499 19.1 16.1 83 3.0 17.0 46 8 306.2 308.7 296.0 347.2 13.67 5 800 2019 16.5 14.2 87 2.2 15.0 200 2 308.7 311.1 296.1 347.7 12.86 6 750 2568 13.5 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 224 15 311.2 313.4 295.9 346.8 11.63 7 700 3147 10.0 8.4 90 1.6 8.9 228 21 313.5 315.4 295.3 344.2 9.91 8 650 3760 6.4 3.4 81 3.0 4.6 249 19 316.2 317.7 294.3 339.9 7.53 9 600 4413 2.0 -1.3 79 3.3 0.3 256 20 318.4 319.6 293.6 337.0 5.80 10 550 5109 -2.9 -6.1 79 3.1 -4.4 256 25 320.6 321.4 293.0 335.0 4.42 11 500 5857 -8.5 -10.7 84 2.3 -9.4 254 35 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.9 3.38 12 450 6666 -14.3 -15.5 90 1.3 -14.7 252 43 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.9 2.54 13 400 7549 -19.7 -21.1 88 1.5 -20.1 250 46 329.4 329.8 293.2 335.6 1.77 14 350 8530 -25.5 -30.4 64 4.9 -26.5 237 42 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.6 0.87 15 300 9630 -33.5 -39.8 53 6.3 -34.3 229 39 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.8 0.40 16 250 10882 -43.6 -49.8 51 6.1 -44.0 221 40 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.16 17 200 12344 -54.8 -59.0 60 4.2 -54.9 218 45 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14131 -64.4 -71.2 39 6.8 -64.5 229 39 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.02 19 100 16639 -60.1 -84.2 3 24.1 -60.4 236 17 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.56 m Freezing level: 579.80 mb = 4694.18 m = 15400.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.29 mb = 4448.96 m = 14596.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.12 mb = 811.33 m = 2661.80 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 2023.42 m = 6638.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 42.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1209.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.75 mb = 1349.90 m = 4428.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.75 mb = 3268.90 m = 10724.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.75 mb = 12670.53 m = 41569.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1196.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.75 mb = 15523.79 m = 50930.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.5 neg: -11.7 tot: 212.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 126.28 m/s