MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.44,-96.30 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 969 372 25.3 16.2 57 9.1 19.2 90 6 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.5 12.02 2 950 547 24.6 14.5 53 10.1 17.9 98 9 302.1 304.1 292.9 334.5 10.95 3 900 1018 20.6 13.2 62 7.4 15.8 139 4 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.3 10.64 4 850 1510 17.8 9.4 58 8.3 12.6 297 3 304.8 306.4 292.0 331.1 8.77 5 800 2026 15.0 6.0 55 9.0 9.7 346 11 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.5 7.35 6 750 2569 11.7 -1.8 39 13.6 4.8 349 16 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.2 4.46 7 700 3144 9.5 -9.3 25 18.8 1.1 349 23 313.0 313.5 289.3 321.7 2.69 8 650 3753 4.5 -5.1 50 9.6 -0.1 346 29 314.0 314.8 290.8 326.9 4.02 9 600 4399 -0.3 -7.1 60 6.9 -3.4 334 29 315.8 316.5 291.1 327.8 3.73 10 550 5090 -4.4 -12.9 52 8.4 -7.8 322 32 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.3 2.58 11 500 5834 -9.6 -19.5 44 9.9 -12.7 323 38 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.63 12 450 6638 -15.6 -23.9 49 8.3 -17.8 327 34 323.6 323.9 291.1 327.9 1.24 13 400 7515 -22.1 -28.0 59 5.9 -23.4 327 34 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.6 0.95 14 350 8482 -29.5 -37.0 48 7.5 -30.5 333 37 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.46 15 300 9562 -38.5 -45.9 46 7.3 -39.1 337 36 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.21 16 250 10786 -49.0 -52.5 67 3.5 -49.1 327 43 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12213 -60.1 -61.3 86 1.2 -60.1 314 61 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 18 150 14013 -58.0 -77.5 7 19.5 -58.2 303 48 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16546 -60.6 -83.9 3 23.3 -60.8 310 22 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.25 m Freezing level: 602.79 mb = 4363.06 m = 14314.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.96 mb = 3702.90 m = 12148.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.80 mb = 1531.89 m = 5025.83 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 14.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3148.22 m = 10328.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 17.96 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 198.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 300.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.20 mb = 1929.00 m = 6328.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 524.20 mb = 5464.93 m = 17929.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.20 mb = 10936.09 m = 35879.11 ft B at Equ Level: 197.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.20 mb = 12728.33 m = 41759.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 4.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: -6.8 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 95.33 m/s