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: 40.53,-95.71 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 973 322 23.8 20.5 82 3.3 21.4 138 9 299.2 302.1 295.6 345.2 15.75 2 950 533 26.1 18.5 63 7.6 20.7 160 24 303.6 306.3 295.7 345.8 14.21 3 900 1008 23.0 16.9 69 6.0 18.8 183 28 305.2 307.7 295.7 345.9 13.61 4 850 1504 19.7 15.1 75 4.6 16.6 206 30 306.8 309.2 295.6 345.3 12.81 5 800 2025 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.8 226 33 308.4 310.5 295.2 343.6 11.62 6 750 2571 11.6 11.4 98 0.2 11.5 230 34 309.2 311.4 295.2 343.8 11.37 7 700 3147 10.8 1.3 52 9.5 5.5 273 24 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.4 6.01 8 650 3761 7.1 -5.2 41 12.3 1.0 283 24 316.9 317.7 291.7 329.8 3.99 9 600 4413 1.6 -10.2 41 11.8 -3.5 271 30 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.6 2.93 10 550 5106 -4.0 -16.6 37 12.6 -8.5 265 32 319.4 319.7 290.5 325.8 1.90 11 500 5851 -9.1 -25.0 26 16.0 -13.5 269 36 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.5 1.00 12 450 6658 -14.2 -27.5 31 13.3 -17.4 278 40 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.6 0.89 13 400 7540 -20.6 -33.3 31 12.7 -23.0 280 41 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.58 14 350 8513 -28.1 -40.5 30 12.4 -29.6 287 36 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.32 15 300 9600 -36.3 -46.2 35 9.9 -37.1 283 42 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.20 16 250 10839 -45.7 -54.0 38 8.4 -46.1 296 58 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.10 17 200 12290 -56.0 -63.0 41 7.1 -56.1 300 73 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14094 -61.1 -74.9 15 13.8 -61.3 295 50 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.01 19 100 16601 -63.2 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 285 21 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.39 m Freezing level: 585.50 mb = 4613.95 m = 15137.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.74 mb = 3903.57 m = 12806.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.33 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.44 mb = 743.91 m = 2440.63 ft T: 24.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.33 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.11 mb = 2119.32 m = 6953.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 34.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 492.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1420.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.47 mb = 1580.82 m = 5186.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.47 mb = 2486.78 m = 8158.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 737.47 mb = 2711.36 m = 8895.44 ft B at Equ Level: 19.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 687.47 mb = 3296.85 m = 10816.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 278.2 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): 134.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 448.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 448.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.64 Bulk Rich Number: 8.59 Bulk Shear: 165.29 m/s