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: 40.66,-96.03 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 341 23.6 20.5 83 3.1 21.4 133 10 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.5 15.84 2 950 527 26.0 18.4 63 7.6 20.7 153 25 303.6 306.2 295.7 345.7 14.18 3 900 1003 23.7 16.5 64 7.2 18.7 180 28 305.9 308.4 295.6 345.5 13.20 4 850 1501 20.3 14.6 69 5.8 16.4 204 29 307.5 309.8 295.4 344.8 12.36 5 800 2022 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 225 31 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.0 11.57 6 750 2569 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.5 229 32 309.4 311.5 295.3 343.9 11.35 7 700 3145 10.3 2.7 59 7.6 6.0 277 22 313.9 315.2 293.0 334.8 6.68 8 650 3759 7.0 -6.4 38 13.4 0.6 286 24 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.65 9 600 4410 1.6 -10.9 39 12.5 -3.7 272 29 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.0 2.76 10 550 5104 -3.8 -18.8 30 15.0 -8.9 268 33 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.9 1.57 11 500 5848 -8.8 -26.8 22 18.0 -13.6 269 36 322.3 322.5 290.3 325.3 0.85 12 450 6656 -14.1 -29.0 27 14.9 -17.6 277 40 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.77 13 400 7538 -20.7 -34.3 29 13.6 -23.2 278 41 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.52 14 350 8510 -28.2 -40.8 29 12.6 -29.8 286 38 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.31 15 300 9597 -36.4 -47.3 32 10.9 -37.2 284 44 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10836 -45.7 -55.1 34 9.5 -46.1 296 61 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12288 -55.8 -63.0 40 7.2 -55.9 299 74 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14092 -61.0 -74.9 14 13.9 -61.2 294 50 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16601 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 287 20 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.70 m Freezing level: 585.56 mb = 4610.71 m = 15126.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.02 mb = 3847.01 m = 12621.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.19 mb = 731.68 m = 2400.48 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2223.12 m = 7293.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1376.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.36 mb = 1681.17 m = 5515.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.36 mb = 2598.17 m = 8524.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 737.36 mb = 2710.73 m = 8893.37 ft B at Equ Level: 19.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 667.36 mb = 3540.76 m = 11616.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 442.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 7.37 Bulk Shear: 186.79 m/s