MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.96,-100.07 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -100.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 587 SFC 925 821 26.7 12.3 41 14.4 17.2 116 7 306.6 308.4 293.3 336.0 9.75 3 900 1059 22.3 11.6 51 10.7 15.4 116 8 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.2 9.58 4 850 1552 17.4 10.5 64 6.9 13.1 114 8 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.6 9.42 5 800 2066 12.8 9.0 78 3.8 10.4 107 8 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.9 9.05 6 750 2606 10.1 0.4 51 9.7 5.0 76 8 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.7 5.26 7 700 3177 8.2 -17.2 15 25.4 -1.2 37 4 311.6 311.8 287.5 316.2 1.42 8 650 3784 4.7 -16.6 20 21.3 -3.2 270 1 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.6 1.60 9 600 4431 0.8 -27.0 10 27.8 -7.1 209 5 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.5 0.70 10 550 5123 -4.1 -30.6 11 26.6 -10.7 205 6 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.54 11 500 5866 -9.6 -23.4 32 13.8 -13.6 190 4 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.15 12 450 6673 -13.4 -13.8 97 0.3 -13.6 269 7 326.4 326.9 293.4 336.3 2.93 13 400 7561 -18.8 -18.9 99 0.1 -18.8 287 15 330.6 331.0 293.9 338.1 2.15 14 350 8541 -26.4 -27.0 95 0.6 -26.5 288 18 333.1 333.4 293.7 337.5 1.20 15 300 9634 -35.5 -36.6 90 1.1 -35.7 279 15 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.4 0.55 16 250 10873 -46.0 -52.1 50 6.1 -46.3 281 16 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.12 17 200 12332 -52.9 -66.5 18 13.6 -53.2 291 44 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14164 -59.1 -79.2 6 20.1 -59.3 294 44 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16653 -65.8 -83.6 7 17.8 -65.9 318 21 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.69 m Freezing level: 591.48 mb = 4548.96 m = 14924.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.79 mb = 3061.96 m = 10045.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.16 mb = 2615.21 m = 8579.97 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.23 mb = 3292.05 m = 10800.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 12.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 145.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5226.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.32 mb = 2447.77 m = 8030.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.0 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 174.0 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -32.0 tot: -30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s