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: 40.56,-95.91 Latitude: 40.56 Longitude: -95.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 972 332 23.7 20.5 83 3.1 21.5 136 9 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.6 15.86 2 950 529 26.2 18.4 62 7.8 20.8 156 25 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.9 14.17 3 900 1005 23.6 16.6 65 7.0 18.8 182 28 305.8 308.3 295.7 345.7 13.32 4 850 1502 20.2 14.7 71 5.5 16.5 205 30 307.3 309.6 295.5 344.9 12.48 5 800 2024 16.5 12.6 78 3.8 14.0 225 32 308.7 310.9 295.3 343.8 11.57 6 750 2570 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 228 33 309.3 311.4 295.3 343.9 11.39 7 700 3146 10.7 1.6 53 9.1 5.6 277 22 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.8 6.17 8 650 3761 7.1 -5.7 40 12.8 0.9 284 23 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.4 3.84 9 600 4412 1.6 -10.5 40 12.1 -3.6 271 30 318.0 318.5 291.0 327.4 2.86 10 550 5106 -3.8 -18.1 32 14.3 -8.7 266 33 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.2 1.67 11 500 5850 -8.9 -26.2 23 17.4 -13.5 269 36 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.4 0.90 12 450 6658 -14.2 -28.1 30 14.0 -17.5 278 40 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.84 13 400 7540 -20.7 -33.6 31 12.9 -23.1 279 41 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.2 0.56 14 350 8512 -28.2 -40.8 29 12.6 -29.7 287 38 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 15 300 9599 -36.3 -47.0 32 10.7 -37.1 284 43 334.3 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.19 16 250 10839 -45.6 -54.7 35 9.1 -46.0 296 60 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.09 17 200 12291 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 300 74 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14094 -61.1 -74.8 15 13.7 -61.3 294 50 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16602 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 286 19 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.31 m Freezing level: 585.06 mb = 4619.28 m = 15154.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.91 mb = 3887.92 m = 12755.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.18 mb = 733.54 m = 2406.59 ft T: 25.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.28 mb = 2191.59 m = 7190.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.79 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1405.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.08 mb = 1664.91 m = 5462.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.08 mb = 2580.00 m = 8464.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 739.08 mb = 2692.32 m = 8832.98 ft B at Equ Level: 19.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 679.08 mb = 3397.84 m = 11147.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -157.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 449.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 7.91 Bulk Shear: 177.76 m/s