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,-95.95 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 971 335 23.9 20.6 82 3.3 21.6 139 10 299.6 302.5 295.7 346.1 15.92 2 950 528 26.4 18.4 61 8.0 20.8 156 26 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.1 14.16 3 900 1004 23.9 16.5 63 7.4 18.8 183 29 306.1 308.6 295.7 345.8 13.22 4 850 1502 20.4 14.6 69 5.8 16.5 205 31 307.5 309.8 295.5 344.9 12.39 5 800 2024 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 224 32 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.0 11.56 6 750 2570 11.8 11.4 98 0.4 11.6 227 33 309.4 311.5 295.3 344.1 11.39 7 700 3147 11.0 0.8 50 10.1 5.4 278 23 314.6 315.8 292.5 333.0 5.82 8 650 3762 7.2 -6.0 38 13.3 0.8 282 24 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.3 3.75 9 600 4413 1.7 -10.5 40 12.2 -3.5 271 30 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.5 2.87 10 550 5107 -3.7 -18.2 31 14.6 -8.7 266 32 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.65 11 500 5852 -8.8 -26.6 22 17.8 -13.5 270 35 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.87 12 450 6660 -14.1 -28.1 30 14.0 -17.5 278 39 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.84 13 400 7542 -20.7 -33.4 31 12.6 -23.1 280 41 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.1 0.57 14 350 8514 -28.2 -41.1 28 12.9 -29.8 287 38 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.30 15 300 9602 -36.1 -47.3 30 11.3 -37.0 284 43 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.18 16 250 10842 -45.5 -54.9 34 9.4 -45.9 297 60 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.09 17 200 12294 -55.9 -62.8 42 6.9 -56.1 300 74 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14096 -61.2 -74.7 15 13.5 -61.3 294 50 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16604 -62.7 -83.9 4 21.1 -62.9 287 18 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.32 m Freezing level: 584.21 mb = 4632.58 m = 15198.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.38 mb = 3883.16 m = 12739.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.26 mb = 760.60 m = 2495.38 ft T: 25.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.84 mb = 2218.35 m = 7277.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1413.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.77 mb = 1709.57 m = 5608.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.77 mb = 2516.62 m = 8256.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.77 mb = 2741.82 m = 8995.35 ft B at Equ Level: 18.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.77 mb = 3329.56 m = 10923.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 452.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 452.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.68 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 176.89 m/s