MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 41.00,-95.96 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 975 339 24.7 14.1 52 10.5 17.8 90 11 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.45 2 950 564 23.5 12.9 51 10.7 16.7 102 20 301.1 302.9 291.7 330.2 9.86 3 900 1035 21.3 10.0 49 11.3 14.3 136 20 303.5 305.1 291.5 329.2 8.61 4 850 1526 17.1 9.2 60 7.9 12.2 157 21 304.0 305.6 291.7 329.9 8.63 5 800 2040 12.4 8.5 77 3.9 10.0 171 23 304.4 306.0 291.9 330.6 8.74 6 750 2578 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.8 182 23 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.6 8.77 7 700 3145 4.8 4.6 99 0.2 4.7 230 10 307.8 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.64 8 650 3748 2.2 1.3 93 1.0 1.7 304 14 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.6 6.47 9 600 4391 -1.4 -2.6 91 1.3 -2.0 313 16 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.2 5.26 10 550 5081 -5.2 -7.6 83 2.4 -6.2 327 15 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.7 3.93 11 500 5823 -10.1 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.8 315 12 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.9 3.06 12 450 6627 -15.3 -17.3 85 2.0 -15.9 298 13 324.0 324.5 292.1 331.5 2.19 13 400 7508 -20.7 -21.3 95 0.6 -20.9 288 15 328.0 328.4 292.8 334.1 1.74 14 350 8482 -27.4 -27.5 99 0.1 -27.4 297 25 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.14 15 300 9575 -34.4 -35.3 91 0.9 -34.5 281 47 336.9 337.1 294.1 339.3 0.63 16 250 10826 -42.4 -53.9 27 11.5 -43.0 277 75 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.5 0.10 17 200 12305 -52.0 -68.6 12 16.6 -52.3 280 85 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14128 -60.6 -77.7 9 17.1 -60.8 277 61 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16614 -64.7 -83.1 6 18.4 -64.8 331 18 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.07 m Freezing level: 618.93 mb = 4147.75 m = 13607.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.90 mb = 4038.88 m = 13250.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.01 mb = 1677.11 m = 5502.27 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 1.48 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2500.00 m = 8201.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5775.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.40 mb = 2161.65 m = 7091.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 243.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 116.25 m/s