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: 40.86,-96.03 Latitude: 40.86 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 81 SFC 971 341 23.0 20.4 85 2.6 21.2 127 10 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.6 15.76 2 950 528 25.4 18.5 65 7.0 20.5 151 25 303.0 305.6 295.5 345.1 14.20 3 900 1003 23.2 16.6 66 6.7 18.7 178 27 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.2 13.29 4 850 1500 20.1 14.6 71 5.4 16.4 203 27 307.2 309.5 295.4 344.6 12.42 5 800 2021 16.5 12.7 78 3.9 14.0 227 30 308.8 311.0 295.3 343.9 11.58 6 750 2568 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.5 231 31 309.3 311.5 295.3 343.8 11.34 7 700 3144 9.4 4.9 73 4.5 6.7 271 22 312.9 314.4 293.6 337.0 7.76 8 650 3756 6.8 -6.8 37 13.6 0.4 290 24 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.0 3.52 9 600 4407 1.4 -11.4 38 12.8 -4.0 274 29 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.5 2.66 10 550 5100 -4.1 -18.6 31 14.5 -9.0 269 33 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.60 11 500 5844 -8.9 -26.5 23 17.6 -13.6 269 38 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.2 0.87 12 450 6652 -14.1 -30.3 24 16.2 -17.8 275 41 325.5 325.6 291.1 328.0 0.68 13 400 7534 -20.6 -35.6 25 15.0 -23.2 277 41 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.46 14 350 8506 -28.2 -40.3 30 12.1 -29.7 284 37 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.32 15 300 9592 -36.8 -47.0 34 10.2 -37.6 285 44 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.19 16 250 10829 -45.9 -55.3 34 9.4 -46.3 295 62 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.09 17 200 12281 -55.7 -63.3 38 7.6 -55.8 298 73 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14087 -60.9 -75.1 14 14.2 -61.1 293 49 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16598 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.4 -62.8 287 22 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.25 m Freezing level: 587.16 mb = 4585.29 m = 15043.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.72 mb = 3810.22 m = 12500.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.01 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.60 mb = 671.60 m = 2203.38 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.11 mb = 2201.99 m = 7224.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1344.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.12 mb = 1610.88 m = 5284.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.12 mb = 2633.32 m = 8639.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.12 mb = 2860.76 m = 9385.58 ft B at Equ Level: 20.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.12 mb = 15259.91 m = 50064.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 434.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.87 Bulk Shear: 195.67 m/s