MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 41.09,-95.88 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -95.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 975 339 23.0 17.8 72 5.2 19.4 155 3 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.8 13.24 2 950 564 23.4 15.8 62 7.6 18.3 169 12 301.0 303.1 293.3 336.1 11.97 3 900 1034 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.1 171 17 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.4 11.25 4 850 1525 16.2 12.1 77 4.0 13.6 167 18 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.4 10.53 5 800 2038 12.6 9.7 82 3.0 10.8 168 17 304.6 306.4 292.5 333.0 9.46 6 750 2577 8.7 7.6 93 1.1 8.0 179 15 306.0 307.6 292.4 332.5 8.78 7 700 3145 5.4 4.9 96 0.5 5.1 199 12 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.3 7.79 8 650 3748 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 226 10 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.0 6.49 9 600 4390 -1.8 -2.7 94 0.9 -2.3 255 11 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.5 5.23 10 550 5078 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.4 -6.4 270 15 317.7 318.4 291.8 330.3 3.88 11 500 5819 -10.0 -12.6 81 2.6 -11.0 276 20 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.91 12 450 6624 -15.2 -17.2 84 2.1 -15.9 278 24 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.7 2.20 13 400 7504 -20.7 -23.1 81 2.4 -21.4 279 24 328.0 328.3 292.6 333.3 1.49 14 350 8478 -27.0 -28.6 86 1.6 -27.3 289 19 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.1 1.03 15 300 9570 -35.5 -36.3 93 0.8 -35.6 297 20 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.57 16 250 10814 -43.8 -52.2 39 8.4 -44.3 278 56 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.12 17 200 12289 -50.8 -69.0 10 18.2 -51.2 274 73 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14123 -60.4 -78.0 8 17.6 -60.6 269 63 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16617 -63.8 -83.2 5 19.4 -64.0 328 12 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.56 m Freezing level: 625.77 mb = 4058.78 m = 13316.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.21 mb = 3995.79 m = 13109.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.97 mb = 1005.68 m = 3299.44 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.53 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 2002.92 m = 6571.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.16 mb = 1613.26 m = 5292.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.16 mb = 2508.52 m = 8229.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.16 mb = 8148.64 m = 26734.04 ft B at Equ Level: 252.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.16 mb = 11190.13 m = 36712.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.15 Bulk Shear: 17.88 m/s