MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 40.66,-99.89 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 568 SFC 929 766 22.6 18.9 80 3.7 20.1 51 13 302.1 304.9 295.8 346.4 15.01 3 900 1037 19.2 17.8 92 1.3 18.3 62 16 301.3 303.9 295.2 343.8 14.44 4 850 1527 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.5 113 12 304.1 306.6 295.5 344.9 13.70 5 800 2046 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 166 18 308.0 310.3 295.3 344.2 11.97 6 750 2592 13.1 10.1 82 3.0 11.2 192 24 310.8 312.8 295.0 342.8 10.43 7 700 3172 11.4 4.6 63 6.8 7.3 227 27 315.1 316.5 294.1 339.0 7.62 8 650 3788 7.1 1.8 69 5.3 4.1 248 25 317.0 318.3 293.9 338.4 6.72 9 600 4441 2.5 -1.7 74 4.2 0.3 261 20 319.0 320.1 293.6 337.0 5.63 10 550 5139 -2.2 -7.5 67 5.3 -4.7 266 25 321.4 322.2 292.9 334.4 3.95 11 500 5889 -6.9 -14.3 55 7.4 -9.7 278 26 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.3 2.53 12 450 6705 -11.3 -20.4 47 9.1 -14.2 281 27 329.0 329.3 293.0 334.9 1.68 13 400 7598 -17.2 -25.9 47 8.7 -19.4 273 27 332.7 332.9 293.6 336.9 1.16 14 350 8585 -24.9 -32.9 47 8.0 -26.3 267 30 335.2 335.4 293.8 337.8 0.69 15 300 9684 -34.1 -40.9 50 6.8 -34.8 261 35 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.8 0.36 16 250 10932 -44.4 -50.8 49 6.4 -44.7 263 32 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.14 17 200 12389 -55.5 -61.2 49 5.7 -55.6 277 35 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14180 -64.8 -77.3 16 12.5 -64.8 269 30 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16627 -66.4 -83.1 8 16.6 -66.5 257 14 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.73 m Freezing level: 573.73 mb = 4807.76 m = 15773.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.42 mb = 4475.61 m = 14683.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.98 mb = 1229.73 m = 4034.51 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2112.21 m = 6929.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.43 mb = 1452.59 m = 4765.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.43 mb = 4273.57 m = 14020.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.43 mb = 12310.03 m = 40386.75 ft B at Equ Level: 558.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.43 mb = 14492.24 m = 47546.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 422.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 180.84 m/s