MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 105 SFC 976 314 21.8 20.6 93 1.1 20.9 141 11 296.9 299.8 295.0 342.7 15.84 2 950 549 21.8 18.4 81 3.4 19.4 140 19 299.3 301.9 294.4 340.5 14.13 3 900 1020 21.6 14.2 63 7.4 16.7 163 20 303.7 305.8 293.7 337.5 11.36 4 850 1515 20.7 8.7 46 12.0 13.2 198 17 307.8 309.3 292.6 333.1 8.31 5 800 2036 17.8 6.5 47 11.3 11.0 203 13 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.5 7.60 6 750 2585 14.2 4.5 52 9.7 8.5 141 2 312.0 313.3 292.8 334.0 7.08 7 700 3164 10.1 2.3 59 7.7 5.7 22 6 313.6 314.9 292.7 333.9 6.47 8 650 3777 6.8 -0.7 59 7.5 2.7 22 15 316.6 317.7 292.9 334.4 5.59 9 600 4429 2.6 -7.6 47 10.2 -2.1 346 25 319.1 319.8 292.0 330.9 3.60 10 550 5127 -2.2 -12.1 47 9.9 -6.3 319 32 321.4 322.0 291.9 330.6 2.75 11 500 5877 -7.1 -17.7 42 10.6 -10.8 313 34 324.4 324.8 292.0 330.9 1.90 12 450 6690 -13.0 -19.4 58 6.5 -15.0 307 24 327.0 327.3 292.6 333.3 1.83 13 400 7575 -19.7 -22.2 81 2.5 -20.4 285 33 329.4 329.7 293.0 335.0 1.61 14 350 8553 -26.4 -28.1 86 1.7 -26.8 268 36 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.1 1.08 15 300 9651 -33.1 -33.2 99 0.1 -33.1 214 30 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.7 0.78 16 250 10910 -42.0 -42.3 97 0.3 -42.1 193 48 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.1 0.37 17 200 12380 -54.3 -55.6 86 1.3 -54.4 195 58 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.10 18 150 14162 -64.8 -70.3 47 5.4 -64.9 199 48 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.02 19 100 16658 -63.6 -83.3 5 19.7 -63.7 195 13 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.02 m Freezing level: 573.04 mb = 4805.40 m = 15765.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.78 mb = 4138.50 m = 13577.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.01 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.21 mb = 456.68 m = 1498.28 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 9.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2784.19 m = 9134.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.08 F Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 15.75 C K Index: 28.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 450.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.18 mb = 1452.46 m = 4765.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 491.18 mb = 6013.97 m = 19730.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.18 mb = 8946.73 m = 29352.43 ft B at Equ Level: 122.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.18 mb = 10607.73 m = 34801.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 348.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.7 neg: -88.6 tot: 72.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 174.52 m/s