MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 41.13,-95.00 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 975 363 25.8 18.9 66 6.9 20.9 186 10 301.1 303.7 295.0 342.9 14.20 2 950 587 23.4 15.6 62 7.7 18.2 186 15 300.9 303.1 293.2 335.7 11.83 3 900 1057 19.1 14.3 74 4.8 16.0 184 17 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.9 11.44 4 850 1545 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.5 181 17 302.1 304.1 292.8 334.0 10.80 5 800 2057 11.7 10.3 91 1.4 10.8 185 18 303.6 305.4 292.5 333.0 9.85 6 750 2595 8.6 7.2 91 1.4 7.8 198 16 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.7 8.52 7 700 3163 5.4 3.7 89 1.7 4.4 215 16 308.5 309.8 291.8 330.4 7.15 8 650 3766 2.1 -1.6 76 3.7 0.2 228 17 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.6 5.22 9 600 4408 -1.8 -6.6 69 4.9 -4.0 242 17 314.1 314.8 290.7 326.5 3.88 10 550 5094 -6.5 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.8 257 16 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.2 3.33 11 500 5833 -11.1 -13.9 79 2.9 -12.1 273 13 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.2 2.61 12 450 6634 -16.7 -17.7 92 1.0 -17.0 287 13 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.4 2.12 13 400 7507 -23.1 -23.1 100 0.0 -23.1 301 15 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.2 1.49 14 350 8471 -30.2 -30.2 100 -0.0 -30.2 311 16 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.2 0.89 15 300 9549 -37.9 -38.0 100 0.0 -37.9 289 16 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 16 250 10781 -46.7 -48.4 83 1.7 -46.8 267 23 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.19 17 200 12231 -53.2 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.5 288 42 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14069 -56.6 -79.0 4 22.4 -56.9 293 38 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16602 -62.0 -83.3 4 21.4 -62.2 325 15 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.80 m Freezing level: 622.87 mb = 4114.20 m = 13497.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.65 mb = 3794.92 m = 12450.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.32 mb = 1236.01 m = 4055.09 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1789.36 m = 5870.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 37.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.83 mb = 1586.98 m = 5206.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.83 mb = 2048.32 m = 6720.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.83 mb = 10494.68 m = 34430.94 ft B at Equ Level: 637.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.83 mb = 12874.83 m = 42239.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 57.46 Bulk Shear: 11.17 m/s