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: 40.39,-96.11 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 969 356 24.6 20.3 77 4.2 21.6 140 10 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.5 15.70 2 950 526 26.4 18.4 61 8.0 20.8 155 24 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.2 14.18 3 900 1002 24.3 16.3 61 8.0 18.8 183 29 306.5 309.0 295.7 345.9 13.08 4 850 1501 20.8 14.5 67 6.3 16.5 205 30 307.9 310.3 295.6 345.2 12.32 5 800 2023 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.1 224 32 309.2 311.4 295.4 344.6 11.63 6 750 2570 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 229 32 309.7 311.8 295.3 344.1 11.26 7 700 3147 11.2 0.1 46 11.1 5.2 278 22 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.4 5.52 8 650 3762 7.4 -7.0 35 14.4 0.6 283 24 317.3 318.0 291.3 328.6 3.49 9 600 4414 1.7 -10.6 39 12.3 -3.6 272 29 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.5 2.84 10 550 5108 -3.6 -18.8 30 15.2 -8.8 267 32 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.2 1.58 11 500 5854 -8.6 -27.2 21 18.6 -13.5 270 35 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.82 12 450 6661 -14.1 -28.8 28 14.7 -17.6 278 38 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.4 0.79 13 400 7543 -20.8 -33.4 31 12.6 -23.1 279 40 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.1 0.57 14 350 8515 -28.2 -41.4 27 13.2 -29.9 286 40 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.29 15 300 9603 -35.9 -47.9 28 11.9 -36.9 285 43 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10844 -45.3 -55.2 32 9.9 -45.7 298 61 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.09 17 200 12298 -55.8 -62.6 42 6.9 -55.9 300 73 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14099 -61.3 -74.5 16 13.2 -61.4 293 49 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16604 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 288 18 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.93 m Freezing level: 583.67 mb = 4641.00 m = 15226.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3854.17 m = 12644.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.93 mb = 895.93 m = 2939.37 ft T: 24.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 21.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.59 mb = 2285.78 m = 7499.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.31 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 32.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1392.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.56 mb = 1783.59 m = 5851.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.56 mb = 4048.62 m = 13282.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.56 mb = 12700.15 m = 41666.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1362.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.56 mb = 15604.74 m = 51196.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 441.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 441.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.54 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 174.02 m/s