MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 41.61,-99.41 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -99.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 1 950 596 SFC 933 746 14.7 14.0 95 0.7 14.3 47 5 293.6 295.5 290.1 324.5 10.83 3 900 1056 15.7 13.2 85 2.6 14.1 45 9 297.7 299.6 291.3 328.6 10.63 4 850 1542 14.7 11.0 79 3.7 12.4 326 6 301.5 303.3 291.8 330.3 9.75 5 800 2053 12.5 8.0 74 4.5 9.8 313 14 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.8 8.45 6 750 2593 10.3 2.5 59 7.8 6.0 309 19 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.6 6.13 7 700 3165 7.4 -3.0 48 10.4 2.2 311 21 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.4 4.38 8 650 3771 4.1 -10.6 33 14.7 -2.1 312 22 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.1 2.62 9 600 4417 0.7 -21.1 18 21.8 -6.5 320 24 316.9 317.2 289.0 321.0 1.18 10 550 5110 -3.1 -33.8 7 30.7 -10.4 327 29 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.40 11 500 5857 -7.9 -38.6 6 30.8 -14.0 327 34 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.27 12 450 6667 -13.4 -42.2 7 28.8 -18.2 326 34 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.21 13 400 7551 -20.3 -38.5 18 18.2 -23.2 321 36 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 14 350 8523 -28.4 -44.2 20 15.8 -30.2 317 36 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9609 -36.6 -45.9 38 9.3 -37.4 310 40 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.6 0.21 16 250 10845 -46.3 -56.7 30 10.5 -46.7 307 49 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12291 -56.3 -63.5 40 7.2 -56.5 295 54 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14102 -59.3 -76.1 9 16.9 -59.5 297 49 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16616 -62.5 -83.4 4 20.8 -62.7 307 14 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.66 m Freezing level: 590.81 mb = 4544.63 m = 14910.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.10 mb = 3473.15 m = 11394.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.49 mb = 836.84 m = 2745.52 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2723.73 m = 8936.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 23.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6209.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.58 mb = 1575.81 m = 5169.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.7 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 352.7 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.5 neg: -14.3 tot: 53.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 63.04 m/s