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: 40.73,-95.87 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 972 333 23.2 20.4 84 2.8 21.3 129 9 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.7 15.75 2 950 530 25.7 18.4 64 7.3 20.6 154 24 303.3 305.9 295.6 345.3 14.18 3 900 1006 23.1 16.7 67 6.3 18.7 180 27 305.3 307.8 295.6 345.5 13.44 4 850 1502 19.8 14.9 73 5.0 16.5 204 28 306.9 309.3 295.5 344.8 12.60 5 800 2023 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 13.9 227 31 308.5 310.7 295.2 343.6 11.58 6 750 2569 11.6 11.3 98 0.2 11.4 230 32 309.2 311.3 295.2 343.6 11.33 7 700 3145 10.0 3.6 65 6.4 6.3 272 23 313.5 314.9 293.2 335.7 7.10 8 650 3758 6.8 -5.4 41 12.2 0.9 286 24 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.4 3.94 9 600 4410 1.5 -10.4 41 11.9 -3.6 273 29 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.3 2.89 10 550 5103 -4.0 -17.6 34 13.6 -8.8 267 33 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.2 1.74 11 500 5847 -9.0 -25.6 25 16.5 -13.5 269 37 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.96 12 450 6654 -14.2 -29.0 27 14.8 -17.6 276 41 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.2 0.78 13 400 7536 -20.6 -34.4 28 13.8 -23.1 278 41 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.2 0.52 14 350 8509 -28.1 -40.3 30 12.2 -29.7 286 37 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9596 -36.6 -46.6 35 10.0 -37.4 284 43 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.19 16 250 10833 -45.8 -54.8 36 9.0 -46.2 295 60 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 17 200 12285 -55.8 -63.1 40 7.3 -56.0 299 73 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14090 -61.1 -75.0 14 13.9 -61.2 294 49 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16599 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 285 21 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.87 m Freezing level: 586.68 mb = 4594.21 m = 15072.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3884.03 m = 12742.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.56 mb = 683.83 m = 2243.51 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2156.23 m = 7074.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1373.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.94 mb = 1594.25 m = 5230.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.94 mb = 2502.10 m = 8208.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.94 mb = 2841.08 m = 9321.00 ft B at Equ Level: 20.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.94 mb = 15171.57 m = 49774.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 440.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.53 Bulk Rich Number: 7.64 Bulk Shear: 179.86 m/s