MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 42.44,-96.36 Latitude: 42.44 Longitude: -96.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 368 19.4 17.3 87 2.1 18.0 337 7 294.8 297.1 292.2 331.7 12.85 2 950 580 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.3 342 15 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.7 11.24 3 900 1042 15.3 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 343 15 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.0 10.57 4 850 1525 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 340 15 299.0 300.8 291.0 327.7 9.80 5 800 2032 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 340 16 301.3 302.8 290.6 325.9 8.32 6 750 2565 6.4 3.5 82 2.9 4.8 343 17 303.5 304.7 289.8 323.3 6.56 7 700 3129 3.7 -1.8 68 5.4 1.0 338 19 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.3 4.81 8 650 3728 0.3 -5.4 65 5.7 -2.3 334 22 309.3 310.1 289.2 321.6 3.93 9 600 4365 -3.5 -10.6 58 7.1 -6.3 337 25 312.1 312.7 289.1 321.2 2.84 10 550 5048 -7.5 -19.0 39 11.5 -11.2 338 27 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.3 1.54 11 500 5784 -11.7 -24.9 33 13.2 -15.2 339 27 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.3 1.02 12 450 6582 -17.2 -28.5 37 11.3 -19.7 339 30 321.6 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.81 13 400 7454 -23.6 -29.0 61 5.4 -24.6 336 31 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.4 0.87 14 350 8414 -31.6 -33.9 80 2.3 -31.9 333 36 326.1 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.62 15 300 9484 -40.4 -40.7 97 0.3 -40.4 328 34 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.36 16 250 10700 -50.5 -50.7 98 0.2 -50.5 322 39 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12117 -58.9 -61.6 71 2.7 -58.9 326 42 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 18 150 13937 -55.4 -79.1 4 23.7 -55.8 316 36 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.01 19 100 16502 -59.3 -84.6 2 25.4 -59.6 314 23 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.15 m Freezing level: 645.79 mb = 3781.50 m = 12406.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.10 mb = 3303.09 m = 10836.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.76 C = 76.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.68 mb = 637.20 m = 2090.52 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1400.08 m = 4593.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.15 C = 73.67 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.48 mb = 1179.82 m = 3870.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.48 mb = 2131.02 m = 6991.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.48 mb = 5623.64 m = 18450.05 ft B at Equ Level: 45.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.48 mb = 9699.26 m = 31821.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 8.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 7.84 m/s