MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 41.48,-95.01 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -95.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 964 390 27.4 24.2 82 3.2 25.0 135 14 303.7 307.4 299.4 363.5 20.04 2 950 521 29.7 21.0 60 8.7 23.3 140 25 307.4 310.5 298.2 357.8 16.73 3 900 1002 26.3 18.6 62 7.8 20.8 161 29 308.7 311.5 297.6 354.6 15.15 4 850 1505 23.6 15.4 60 8.2 17.9 189 31 310.8 313.3 296.8 350.8 13.07 5 800 2033 20.4 11.4 56 9.1 14.4 212 29 312.9 315.0 295.7 345.8 10.63 6 750 2587 16.8 6.6 51 10.2 10.6 236 18 314.9 316.4 294.4 340.5 8.19 7 700 3172 13.1 3.3 52 9.7 7.3 296 14 316.9 318.3 294.1 339.0 6.96 8 650 3790 8.3 0.5 58 7.7 3.9 320 20 318.3 319.5 293.8 337.9 6.12 9 600 4446 3.2 -2.1 68 5.4 0.4 315 25 319.8 320.9 293.7 337.5 5.46 10 550 5146 -1.4 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.4 286 31 322.4 323.5 294.4 340.2 5.45 11 500 5901 -5.5 -8.1 82 2.5 -6.7 284 33 326.3 327.1 294.4 340.2 4.17 12 450 6722 -9.8 -11.7 86 1.9 -10.6 280 37 330.9 331.7 295.0 342.9 3.48 13 400 7621 -15.8 -16.6 93 0.8 -16.1 276 39 334.5 335.0 295.2 343.6 2.61 14 350 8613 -23.2 -23.7 96 0.5 -23.4 268 40 337.4 337.8 295.1 343.3 1.62 15 300 9725 -31.1 -31.3 98 0.3 -31.2 255 47 341.6 341.8 295.5 345.1 0.93 16 250 10989 -41.6 -41.7 99 0.1 -41.6 245 49 344.3 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.39 17 200 12460 -54.5 -54.6 99 0.0 -54.5 254 48 346.4 346.4 296.0 346.9 0.12 18 150 14244 -66.2 -69.5 63 3.4 -66.2 260 40 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16701 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.3 -65.6 254 27 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.87 m Freezing level: 565.15 mb = 4934.28 m = 16188.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.36 mb = 4549.36 m = 14925.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.32 % Est. max temperature: 35.93 C = 96.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.24 mb = 804.47 m = 2639.31 ft T: 27.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 26.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.06 mb = 2711.90 m = 8897.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.90 C = 102.01 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1912.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.94 mb = 1861.33 m = 6106.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.94 mb = 3525.87 m = 11567.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.94 mb = 14204.97 m = 46603.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1898.11 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.4 neg: -28.9 tot: 384.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.92 Bulk Rich Number: 7.87 Bulk Shear: 242.86 m/s