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: 40.46,-95.79 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 973 326 23.9 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 140 9 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.6 15.82 2 950 531 26.3 18.5 62 7.8 20.8 159 25 303.8 306.5 295.7 346.1 14.21 3 900 1007 23.3 16.8 67 6.5 18.8 183 29 305.6 308.1 295.7 345.9 13.49 4 850 1504 20.0 14.9 73 5.0 16.5 206 30 307.1 309.4 295.6 345.2 12.67 5 800 2025 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 13.9 226 33 308.6 310.8 295.2 343.8 11.60 6 750 2571 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 229 34 309.3 311.4 295.3 343.9 11.38 7 700 3147 10.9 0.9 50 10.0 5.4 274 24 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.1 5.86 8 650 3762 7.2 -5.7 39 12.9 0.9 283 24 317.1 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.84 9 600 4414 1.7 -10.3 40 12.0 -3.5 271 30 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.6 2.91 10 550 5107 -3.8 -16.8 36 13.0 -8.5 265 32 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.8 1.86 11 500 5852 -8.9 -25.6 24 16.7 -13.5 269 36 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.5 0.95 12 450 6659 -14.2 -27.8 30 13.7 -17.5 278 39 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.86 13 400 7542 -20.7 -33.3 31 12.7 -23.0 280 41 328.1 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.58 14 350 8514 -28.1 -40.8 29 12.7 -29.7 287 37 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 15 300 9602 -36.2 -46.7 33 10.5 -37.0 284 42 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.19 16 250 10841 -45.6 -54.3 37 8.8 -46.0 297 58 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.10 17 200 12293 -56.0 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 300 73 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14096 -61.2 -74.7 15 13.6 -61.3 295 50 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16603 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.3 286 20 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.41 m Freezing level: 584.72 mb = 4625.82 m = 15176.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.78 mb = 3891.12 m = 12765.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.85 mb = 757.67 m = 2485.75 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2160.11 m = 7086.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1430.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.57 mb = 1630.46 m = 5349.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.57 mb = 2541.87 m = 8339.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.57 mb = 2767.36 m = 9079.16 ft B at Equ Level: 18.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 682.57 mb = 3356.62 m = 11012.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 451.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.70 Bulk Rich Number: 8.48 Bulk Shear: 168.72 m/s