MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 41.50,-98.09 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -98.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 553 SFC 949 559 30.9 16.2 41 14.7 20.7 31 14 308.6 310.9 295.7 345.8 12.27 3 900 1033 25.6 15.1 52 10.5 18.4 45 19 307.8 310.1 295.3 344.3 12.04 4 850 1532 21.2 14.0 64 7.2 16.3 66 16 308.3 310.5 295.4 344.3 11.89 5 800 2054 16.7 12.7 77 4.0 14.0 87 16 309.0 311.1 295.3 344.2 11.60 6 750 2601 12.3 10.8 90 1.6 11.3 115 17 310.0 312.0 295.1 343.2 10.89 7 700 3179 10.7 2.4 56 8.3 6.0 169 26 314.3 315.6 293.0 334.8 6.51 8 650 3795 8.4 -1.9 48 10.3 2.9 206 35 318.5 319.5 293.0 334.9 5.12 9 600 4450 3.1 -4.2 59 7.3 -0.6 233 40 319.7 320.6 293.0 334.9 4.69 10 550 5148 -3.2 -8.4 68 5.1 -5.5 238 43 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.4 3.70 11 500 5892 -10.0 -12.2 84 2.2 -10.9 240 38 320.9 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.00 12 450 6694 -16.3 -16.8 96 0.5 -16.5 255 40 322.7 323.2 291.8 330.4 2.27 13 400 7572 -21.4 -21.6 98 0.3 -21.4 262 44 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.1 1.70 14 350 8546 -27.4 -28.6 90 1.2 -27.7 270 38 331.7 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.03 15 300 9634 -36.6 -37.0 96 0.4 -36.7 276 53 333.7 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.53 16 250 10868 -46.3 -50.6 62 4.3 -46.5 275 69 337.2 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.15 17 200 12320 -55.2 -62.8 38 7.6 -55.4 275 79 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14120 -61.4 -74.4 16 13.0 -61.6 276 68 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16618 -66.7 -82.9 8 16.2 -66.8 239 32 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.15 m Freezing level: 575.49 mb = 4792.01 m = 15721.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.05 mb = 4340.95 m = 14241.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.94 mb = 2411.96 m = 7913.17 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2662.45 m = 8734.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1302.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.75 mb = 2391.88 m = 7847.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.75 mb = 4534.00 m = 14875.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.75 mb = 12199.35 m = 40023.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1296.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.75 mb = 15304.94 m = 50212.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 504.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 504.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 168.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 278.04 m/s