MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 40.29,-95.22 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 971 311 26.6 19.8 66 6.8 21.8 196 14 302.3 305.1 296.0 347.0 15.12 2 950 504 27.3 18.0 57 9.3 20.8 201 28 304.9 307.5 295.8 346.1 13.80 3 900 981 24.0 16.5 63 7.5 18.8 211 38 306.2 308.7 295.7 345.9 13.22 4 850 1479 19.7 15.2 75 4.5 16.7 219 43 306.8 309.2 295.7 345.7 12.92 5 800 1999 15.5 13.6 89 1.9 14.3 231 46 307.7 310.0 295.5 345.0 12.36 6 750 2544 11.8 11.6 98 0.2 11.6 238 48 309.4 311.5 295.4 344.3 11.49 7 700 3120 8.6 7.6 93 1.0 8.0 248 45 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.0 9.38 8 650 3731 5.3 1.5 77 3.7 3.2 257 40 314.9 316.2 293.2 335.7 6.60 9 600 4380 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.5 265 40 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.4 4.70 10 550 5073 -4.3 -7.0 81 2.8 -5.5 271 44 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.3 4.10 11 500 5818 -8.9 -12.9 73 4.0 -10.5 273 47 322.1 322.7 292.2 331.6 2.83 12 450 6626 -13.8 -20.6 57 6.7 -15.9 269 44 325.8 326.2 292.2 331.6 1.65 13 400 7511 -19.6 -28.0 47 8.5 -21.5 264 44 329.6 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.95 14 350 8489 -26.2 -40.8 24 14.6 -28.2 267 42 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.6 0.31 15 300 9584 -35.2 -50.2 20 15.1 -36.3 271 44 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10824 -46.0 -56.5 29 10.5 -46.4 282 45 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12269 -57.3 -62.3 53 5.0 -57.4 294 33 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 18 150 14034 -68.0 -69.7 78 1.7 -68.0 279 31 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16506 -62.8 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 269 35 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.14 m Freezing level: 590.69 mb = 4509.25 m = 14793.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.25 mb = 4163.28 m = 13658.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.99 mb = 1186.91 m = 3894.02 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.39 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.89 mb = 2084.75 m = 6839.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 42.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1461.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.73 mb = 1779.24 m = 5837.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.73 mb = 2479.66 m = 8135.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.73 mb = 13062.60 m = 42855.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1451.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.73 mb = 16166.40 m = 53038.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 477.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 477.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 12.03 Bulk Shear: 121.51 m/s