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,-96.19 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 968 359 24.2 20.2 78 4.0 21.4 133 10 300.1 303.0 295.7 345.8 15.58 2 950 525 25.7 18.6 65 7.2 20.7 150 23 303.3 305.9 295.7 345.7 14.30 3 900 1001 23.9 16.3 63 7.6 18.7 179 27 306.2 308.6 295.6 345.5 13.09 4 850 1499 20.6 14.6 69 6.0 16.5 203 29 307.7 310.0 295.6 345.1 12.39 5 800 2021 16.8 12.8 77 4.0 14.1 224 30 309.1 311.3 295.4 344.6 11.69 6 750 2568 12.2 11.0 93 1.1 11.4 231 30 309.8 311.9 295.2 343.6 11.10 7 700 3145 10.8 1.2 51 9.7 5.5 282 21 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.3 5.96 8 650 3759 7.0 -7.2 36 14.2 0.4 287 23 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.0 3.43 9 600 4410 1.5 -11.2 38 12.8 -3.8 274 28 317.9 318.4 290.8 326.8 2.70 10 550 5104 -3.8 -18.9 30 15.1 -8.9 269 32 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.8 1.55 11 500 5849 -8.8 -27.0 21 18.2 -13.6 269 36 322.3 322.5 290.3 325.3 0.84 12 450 6656 -14.1 -29.0 27 14.8 -17.6 276 40 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.78 13 400 7538 -20.7 -34.0 29 13.2 -23.2 277 41 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.0 0.54 14 350 8510 -28.2 -40.8 29 12.6 -29.8 285 39 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 15 300 9597 -36.3 -47.4 31 11.1 -37.2 284 45 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10836 -45.5 -55.2 33 9.7 -45.9 296 63 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.09 17 200 12289 -55.7 -62.8 41 7.1 -55.8 299 74 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14094 -60.9 -75.0 14 14.0 -61.1 294 49 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16600 -62.7 -83.9 4 21.2 -62.9 286 21 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.87 m Freezing level: 585.67 mb = 4609.11 m = 15121.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.60 mb = 3814.51 m = 12514.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.00 mb = 874.74 m = 2869.86 ft T: 24.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.95 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2272.85 m = 7456.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1368.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.41 mb = 1720.45 m = 5644.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.41 mb = 3969.56 m = 13023.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.41 mb = 12499.49 m = 41008.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1352.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.41 mb = 15299.69 m = 50195.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 429.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.42 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 182.12 m/s