MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 41.25,-97.87 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -97.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 507 SFC 948 529 37.6 9.8 19 27.7 19.4 173 9 315.5 317.1 294.5 340.9 8.07 3 900 994 31.1 8.6 25 22.5 16.7 186 13 313.5 315.0 293.8 337.8 7.80 4 850 1501 26.1 7.6 31 18.5 14.5 195 14 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.5 7.71 5 800 2030 21.0 6.5 39 14.5 12.1 202 15 313.6 315.0 293.6 337.3 7.61 6 750 2583 15.8 5.4 50 10.4 9.5 207 16 313.7 315.1 293.6 337.2 7.52 7 700 3164 10.3 4.0 65 6.3 6.6 211 17 313.9 315.3 293.5 336.7 7.31 8 650 3775 4.7 2.0 83 2.7 3.2 215 18 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.7 6.83 9 600 4422 -0.7 -2.7 87 1.9 -1.7 224 18 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.9 5.24 10 550 5112 -4.3 -15.7 41 11.4 -8.5 242 15 319.0 319.3 290.5 325.8 2.04 11 500 5857 -8.8 -16.5 54 7.7 -11.5 272 17 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.10 12 450 6665 -14.2 -25.4 38 11.2 -17.1 280 19 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.2 1.07 13 400 7548 -20.4 -32.1 34 11.8 -22.7 288 17 328.5 328.7 292.0 330.9 0.65 14 350 8521 -28.0 -35.5 49 7.5 -29.2 299 17 331.0 331.1 292.5 333.0 0.53 15 300 9607 -37.0 -41.5 63 4.5 -37.4 298 17 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.33 16 250 10841 -46.9 -54.5 41 7.7 -47.2 298 24 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.09 17 200 12287 -55.6 -61.4 48 5.8 -55.8 298 44 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14092 -61.1 -74.7 15 13.6 -61.3 298 52 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16595 -64.2 -83.7 5 19.5 -64.4 299 24 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.61 m Freezing level: 606.80 mb = 4333.91 m = 14218.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.66 mb = 4187.48 m = 13738.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.09 % Est. max temperature: 35.65 C = 96.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.67 mb = 3955.12 m = 12975.96 ft T: 3.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 15.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.92 mb = 3888.72 m = 12758.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.70 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.92 C Cross Totals Index: 16.40 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.18 mb = 3835.11 m = 12582.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.18 mb = 4025.21 m = 13205.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.18 mb = 11100.13 m = 36417.32 ft B at Equ Level: 448.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.18 mb = 13299.99 m = 43634.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 28.49 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s