MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 40.96,-96.57 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -96.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 966 378 30.1 19.7 54 10.4 22.6 78 9 306.2 309.0 297.0 351.5 15.11 2 950 529 27.9 19.3 60 8.6 21.8 79 11 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.2 14.96 3 900 1006 23.5 18.3 73 5.2 19.8 89 9 305.7 308.4 296.7 350.1 14.84 4 850 1504 20.5 16.2 76 4.3 17.5 143 9 307.6 310.1 296.4 349.0 13.72 5 800 2027 18.1 12.5 70 5.6 14.3 188 12 310.4 312.6 295.6 345.3 11.42 6 750 2578 16.0 7.4 56 8.6 10.7 228 16 314.0 315.6 294.6 340.9 8.65 7 700 3163 13.5 0.0 40 13.5 6.0 275 16 317.4 318.4 293.0 334.9 5.47 8 650 3781 8.4 -2.8 45 11.3 2.5 284 18 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.9 4.78 9 600 4436 2.9 -4.3 59 7.2 -0.7 278 20 319.4 320.4 292.9 334.5 4.64 10 550 5133 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.8 276 24 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.26 11 500 5879 -8.5 -14.6 61 6.1 -10.8 271 33 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.0 2.47 12 450 6690 -13.4 -23.2 43 9.8 -16.2 274 36 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.31 13 400 7574 -19.8 -25.6 60 5.8 -21.2 273 33 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.5 1.19 14 350 8551 -27.4 -30.4 76 3.0 -27.9 276 22 331.9 332.0 293.1 335.0 0.87 15 300 9641 -35.3 -42.6 47 7.3 -36.1 231 40 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.8 0.30 16 250 10886 -44.4 -55.5 28 11.1 -44.9 227 43 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.08 17 200 12345 -55.6 -61.8 45 6.3 -55.7 218 40 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14148 -59.3 -75.4 11 16.1 -59.5 240 23 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16654 -61.8 -83.5 4 21.6 -62.1 252 15 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.85 m Freezing level: 576.41 mb = 4764.81 m = 15632.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.60 mb = 4292.51 m = 14082.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.47 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.67 mb = 1691.97 m = 5551.01 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 17.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.56 mb = 2846.95 m = 9340.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.34 C = 102.81 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.83 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1840.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.40 mb = 1694.84 m = 5560.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.40 mb = 3953.90 m = 12971.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.40 mb = 12786.76 m = 41950.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1835.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.40 mb = 16270.49 m = 53380.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 182.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 17.05 Bulk Shear: 107.99 m/s