MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 40.26,-97.6 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 951 490 38.2 14.6 25 23.7 21.8 204 16 315.9 318.0 296.7 350.3 11.02 2 950 500 36.8 14.4 26 22.4 21.3 205 17 314.5 316.6 296.3 348.3 10.88 3 900 989 31.3 13.4 34 17.9 19.1 209 23 313.7 315.8 296.0 347.2 10.79 4 850 1497 26.3 12.3 42 14.0 17.0 213 22 313.7 315.8 295.9 346.8 10.66 5 800 2028 21.3 11.3 53 10.1 14.7 217 20 313.9 315.9 295.9 346.6 10.54 6 750 2583 16.1 10.1 67 6.0 12.2 219 19 314.1 316.1 295.8 346.3 10.39 7 700 3165 10.7 8.3 85 2.4 9.2 224 17 314.3 316.2 295.5 345.1 9.89 8 650 3779 6.7 0.4 64 6.3 3.2 267 5 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.8 6.06 9 600 4431 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -1.7 320 6 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.0 4.12 10 550 5128 -2.3 -16.8 32 14.5 -7.6 320 10 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.7 1.87 11 500 5877 -7.5 -22.8 28 15.3 -12.1 304 16 323.9 324.2 291.2 328.2 1.22 12 450 6687 -13.5 -28.4 27 14.9 -17.1 288 16 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.82 13 400 7573 -19.4 -37.1 19 17.7 -22.4 273 15 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.3 0.40 14 350 8550 -26.8 -33.8 52 7.0 -28.0 275 19 332.6 332.7 293.0 335.0 0.63 15 300 9642 -35.7 -44.4 40 8.7 -36.5 276 24 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.25 16 250 10882 -46.0 -51.1 56 5.1 -46.2 281 24 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.14 17 200 12329 -56.7 -60.5 62 3.8 -56.8 280 25 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.06 18 150 14108 -64.7 -71.6 38 6.9 -64.7 268 27 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16584 -65.2 -82.9 7 17.7 -65.3 275 28 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.27 m Freezing level: 575.84 mb = 4767.54 m = 15641.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.06 mb = 4202.35 m = 13787.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.97 % Est. max temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.41 mb = 3436.42 m = 11274.22 ft T: 8.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 22.62 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3399.08 m = 11151.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.54 C = 99.58 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 43.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1491.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.18 mb = 3257.73 m = 10687.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.18 mb = 3687.60 m = 12098.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.18 mb = 13078.03 m = 42906.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1467.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.18 mb = 16160.61 m = 53019.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 82.38 Bulk Shear: 18.10 m/s