MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 40.29,-95.53 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 975 308 23.9 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 147 9 299.2 302.1 295.6 345.3 15.78 2 950 536 26.1 18.6 63 7.5 20.8 166 25 303.7 306.3 295.8 346.3 14.36 3 900 1011 22.6 17.2 71 5.5 18.8 183 30 304.8 307.4 295.7 346.0 13.81 4 850 1507 19.4 15.3 77 4.1 16.7 208 31 306.5 308.9 295.7 345.6 13.01 5 800 2027 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 229 34 308.3 310.5 295.2 343.6 11.63 6 750 2573 11.6 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 233 36 309.2 311.3 295.1 343.4 11.27 7 700 3149 10.9 1.0 50 9.9 5.4 265 27 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.2 5.90 8 650 3764 7.4 -6.1 38 13.5 0.9 283 25 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.5 3.74 9 600 4417 1.9 -9.6 42 11.5 -3.1 272 29 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.4 3.08 10 550 5111 -4.0 -12.6 51 8.6 -7.4 263 32 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.0 2.63 11 500 5855 -9.1 -24.8 27 15.7 -13.5 271 36 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.5 1.03 12 450 6662 -14.1 -28.6 28 14.5 -17.6 278 39 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.80 13 400 7544 -20.6 -33.6 30 13.0 -23.0 282 40 328.2 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.56 14 350 8517 -28.1 -41.2 27 13.1 -29.7 287 37 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.30 15 300 9605 -36.1 -46.7 33 10.6 -37.0 285 40 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.19 16 250 10845 -45.6 -54.0 38 8.4 -45.9 298 56 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12296 -56.0 -63.2 40 7.2 -56.1 302 72 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14099 -61.3 -74.6 16 13.3 -61.5 296 49 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16603 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 287 21 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.96 m Freezing level: 584.18 mb = 4636.11 m = 15210.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3904.81 m = 12810.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.96 mb = 742.08 m = 2434.60 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2085.02 m = 6840.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.48 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 497.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.90 mb = 1528.11 m = 5013.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.90 mb = 2540.14 m = 8333.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.90 mb = 2765.48 m = 9072.98 ft B at Equ Level: 19.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 682.90 mb = 3354.49 m = 11005.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 458.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.80 Bulk Rich Number: 9.25 Bulk Shear: 156.55 m/s