MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 41.82,-97.67 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -97.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 951 515 23.4 21.2 87 2.2 21.9 115 12 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.7 16.94 2 950 523 23.6 21.0 85 2.6 21.7 116 14 301.1 304.2 296.7 350.2 16.68 3 900 995 22.4 17.9 76 4.5 19.2 146 22 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.8 14.50 4 850 1494 22.7 15.5 64 7.2 17.8 196 22 310.0 312.5 296.7 350.1 13.17 5 800 2021 20.0 10.6 54 9.5 13.8 229 16 312.5 314.4 295.1 343.5 10.06 6 750 2574 15.8 5.9 51 10.0 9.8 262 15 313.8 315.3 293.8 338.0 7.77 7 700 3155 11.9 -0.3 43 12.1 5.3 294 15 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.7 5.37 8 650 3770 7.1 -3.4 47 10.5 1.8 303 18 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.8 4.59 9 600 4423 1.8 -4.4 64 6.1 -1.3 295 23 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.1 4.62 10 550 5117 -4.1 -7.3 78 3.2 -5.5 291 29 319.3 320.1 292.4 332.4 4.03 11 500 5861 -9.7 -12.7 79 2.9 -10.9 295 37 321.2 321.7 291.9 330.8 2.89 12 450 6666 -15.3 -18.9 74 3.6 -16.4 288 31 323.9 324.3 291.8 330.4 1.90 13 400 7544 -21.8 -26.1 68 4.3 -22.8 281 25 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.7 1.14 14 350 8514 -28.6 -34.6 57 5.9 -29.5 286 25 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.3 0.58 15 300 9600 -36.1 -48.1 28 11.9 -37.1 282 33 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.16 16 250 10839 -45.8 -54.6 36 8.8 -46.2 284 36 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12289 -55.6 -62.2 43 6.6 -55.8 289 50 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14089 -62.0 -73.7 20 11.6 -62.1 292 62 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16603 -61.3 -84.8 3 23.5 -61.5 286 24 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.40 m Freezing level: 584.85 mb = 4633.00 m = 15199.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.83 mb = 4144.52 m = 13597.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.93 mb = 794.02 m = 2605.02 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.23 mb = 2684.05 m = 8805.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -6.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 590.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2098.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.43 mb = 1592.53 m = 5224.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.43 mb = 3701.40 m = 12143.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.43 mb = 12762.41 m = 41870.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2090.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.43 mb = 16275.54 m = 53396.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 311.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 10.42 Bulk Shear: 201.34 m/s