MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 40.96,-96.25 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 974 352 25.6 16.7 58 8.9 19.5 327 10 301.0 303.2 293.6 337.2 12.33 2 950 570 21.8 15.8 68 6.1 17.8 318 13 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.2 11.94 3 900 1036 18.1 14.3 79 3.7 15.6 296 12 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.8 11.49 4 850 1524 14.8 12.4 85 2.4 13.3 268 13 301.7 303.6 292.6 333.2 10.70 5 800 2035 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.1 258 16 303.5 305.2 291.9 330.8 9.15 6 750 2573 9.0 5.2 77 3.8 6.8 265 17 306.3 307.7 291.4 328.8 7.41 7 700 3142 5.8 1.1 72 4.7 3.3 276 19 308.9 310.1 290.9 327.3 5.95 8 650 3746 2.4 -2.5 70 4.9 -0.1 286 20 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.0 4.89 9 600 4388 -1.5 -5.5 74 4.1 -3.4 291 20 314.4 315.2 291.1 327.9 4.22 10 550 5077 -5.2 -13.3 53 8.1 -8.3 295 21 318.0 318.4 290.6 326.2 2.50 11 500 5819 -9.6 -26.0 25 16.4 -14.0 301 21 321.3 321.5 290.1 324.5 0.92 12 450 6624 -15.0 -40.5 9 25.4 -19.3 318 20 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.25 13 400 7503 -21.8 -38.3 21 16.5 -24.4 337 18 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.35 14 350 8468 -30.5 -37.6 50 7.1 -31.4 342 16 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.43 15 300 9546 -37.9 -49.0 30 11.1 -38.7 316 23 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.15 16 250 10782 -45.0 -61.0 15 16.0 -45.6 315 41 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12248 -52.1 -67.6 14 15.5 -52.4 309 52 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14079 -58.9 -77.3 8 18.4 -59.1 310 44 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16597 -62.2 -83.6 4 21.4 -62.4 327 26 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.90 m Freezing level: 619.12 mb = 4142.72 m = 13591.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.01 mb = 3733.10 m = 12247.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.15 mb = 1472.59 m = 4831.27 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1763.85 m = 5786.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.28 mb = 1461.37 m = 4794.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.28 mb = 3244.33 m = 10644.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.28 mb = 9745.90 m = 31974.36 ft B at Equ Level: 205.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.28 mb = 11293.30 m = 37051.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.99 Bulk Shear: 11.58 m/s