MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 40.05,-95.62 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 979 314 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 60 5 296.3 299.1 294.7 341.7 15.74 2 950 572 20.1 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 65 8 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.0 14.30 3 900 1039 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 197 7 302.0 304.3 293.8 337.8 12.13 4 850 1533 18.3 12.8 70 5.5 14.7 187 14 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.3 11.01 5 800 2051 15.4 9.7 69 5.6 11.8 184 20 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.3 9.52 6 750 2596 12.1 6.8 70 5.4 8.9 183 23 309.8 311.3 293.1 335.1 8.28 7 700 3172 8.4 4.8 78 3.5 6.3 200 20 311.7 313.2 293.2 335.7 7.73 8 650 3780 3.8 2.0 88 1.8 2.8 221 14 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.6 6.83 9 600 4428 0.9 -1.2 86 2.1 -0.2 243 11 317.1 318.3 293.3 335.8 5.85 10 550 5124 -3.0 -4.9 87 1.9 -3.9 246 15 320.5 321.5 293.4 336.3 4.85 11 500 5874 -7.1 -8.8 88 1.7 -7.9 248 16 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.4 3.93 12 450 6688 -11.9 -13.1 90 1.2 -12.3 249 18 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.8 3.10 13 400 7580 -17.3 -17.7 97 0.4 -17.5 252 19 332.4 332.9 294.5 340.8 2.38 14 350 8568 -23.9 -23.9 100 0.0 -23.9 255 23 336.6 336.9 294.9 342.3 1.59 15 300 9673 -32.5 -32.5 100 -0.0 -32.5 253 27 339.5 339.7 295.0 342.6 0.83 16 250 10930 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 246 30 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.35 17 200 12392 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.4 239 36 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14165 -68.9 -70.1 83 1.3 -68.9 212 39 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 19 100 16649 -61.7 -83.5 4 21.8 -62.0 180 9 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.49 m Freezing level: 588.58 mb = 4587.40 m = 15050.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.56 mb = 4380.58 m = 14371.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.72 mb = 411.78 m = 1350.97 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 3.83 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2165.00 m = 7102.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.32 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.62 mb = 1149.23 m = 3770.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.62 mb = 3609.78 m = 11842.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 513.62 mb = 5662.59 m = 18577.83 ft B at Equ Level: 35.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.62 mb = 7699.20 m = 25259.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 54.33 m/s