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: 40.46,-95.16 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 970 319 25.8 19.9 70 5.9 21.6 195 15 301.6 304.4 295.8 346.5 15.25 2 950 502 26.5 18.3 60 8.3 20.8 199 28 304.1 306.7 295.7 345.9 14.05 3 900 979 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.8 211 38 305.9 308.3 295.7 346.0 13.39 4 850 1476 19.5 15.4 77 4.1 16.7 220 44 306.6 309.0 295.7 345.8 13.05 5 800 1995 15.5 13.6 89 1.9 14.2 234 47 307.6 309.9 295.5 344.8 12.32 6 750 2541 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 241 48 309.4 311.5 295.3 344.1 11.41 7 700 3117 8.7 7.7 93 1.0 8.1 249 46 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.3 9.46 8 650 3727 5.2 1.6 78 3.6 3.2 257 41 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.7 6.63 9 600 4377 1.0 -4.0 70 4.9 -1.5 265 41 317.2 318.2 292.4 332.5 4.76 10 550 5070 -4.2 -6.9 81 2.7 -5.4 271 46 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.6 4.15 11 500 5815 -8.8 -13.6 68 4.8 -10.6 272 49 322.3 322.9 292.1 331.3 2.68 12 450 6623 -14.1 -20.2 60 6.1 -15.9 269 46 325.6 325.9 292.1 331.5 1.71 13 400 7507 -19.8 -27.2 51 7.5 -21.5 264 45 329.3 329.5 292.5 333.0 1.03 14 350 8484 -26.4 -38.9 30 12.5 -28.2 266 43 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.38 15 300 9578 -35.2 -48.0 26 12.8 -36.3 269 46 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.16 16 250 10819 -45.9 -54.8 36 8.9 -46.3 281 43 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.09 17 200 12266 -57.0 -60.9 61 3.9 -57.1 298 24 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14029 -68.4 -70.1 78 1.7 -68.4 275 31 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 19 100 16504 -62.7 -83.8 4 21.0 -62.9 270 33 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.14 m Freezing level: 590.63 mb = 4506.81 m = 14785.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.04 mb = 4162.82 m = 13657.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.87 mb = 1077.15 m = 3533.90 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.50 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2032.56 m = 6668.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 42.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1442.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.14 mb = 1688.68 m = 5540.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.14 mb = 2494.12 m = 8182.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.14 mb = 13114.20 m = 43025.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1427.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.14 mb = 15696.52 m = 51497.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 499.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.75 Bulk Shear: 134.21 m/s