MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 41.16,-96.01 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 977 338 24.0 16.7 64 7.3 19.0 211 5 299.1 301.3 293.0 335.0 12.29 2 950 582 21.9 15.0 65 6.8 17.4 190 8 299.4 301.4 292.4 332.6 11.38 3 900 1049 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.1 173 11 300.5 302.4 292.3 332.1 10.78 4 850 1537 14.5 10.9 79 3.6 12.3 172 13 301.3 303.1 291.7 330.0 9.69 5 800 2046 10.4 7.0 80 3.3 8.4 167 13 302.2 303.7 290.5 325.7 7.90 6 750 2581 7.0 0.6 64 6.3 3.7 161 14 304.1 305.1 288.9 320.4 5.35 7 700 3146 4.3 -1.6 66 5.9 1.4 166 13 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.3 4.88 8 650 3746 0.7 0.2 96 0.5 0.4 192 11 309.7 310.9 291.2 328.2 5.97 9 600 4387 -1.7 -1.8 99 0.2 -1.7 227 11 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.58 10 550 5077 -4.9 -5.2 98 0.3 -5.0 258 13 318.3 319.2 292.7 333.5 4.73 11 500 5821 -9.0 -10.5 88 1.6 -9.6 264 15 322.1 322.8 292.6 333.4 3.43 12 450 6629 -14.1 -15.3 91 1.2 -14.6 265 15 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.3 2.59 13 400 7512 -20.1 -20.4 97 0.3 -20.1 268 18 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.89 14 350 8487 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 257 21 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.18 15 300 9577 -36.0 -35.9 100 -0.0 -36.0 264 26 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10819 -43.3 -53.0 34 9.7 -43.8 280 69 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 17 200 12300 -51.0 -70.2 8 19.2 -51.4 281 88 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14128 -60.0 -78.9 7 18.9 -60.2 286 52 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -66.2 -82.9 8 16.7 -66.3 306 27 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.43 m Freezing level: 635.54 mb = 3931.05 m = 12897.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.08 mb = 3868.73 m = 12692.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.69 mb = 1263.28 m = 4144.58 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1773.78 m = 5819.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 28.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.64 mb = 1550.24 m = 5086.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.64 mb = 2008.22 m = 6588.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 583.64 mb = 4606.15 m = 15111.86 ft B at Equ Level: 84.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 423.64 mb = 7081.48 m = 23232.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 24.16 Bulk Shear: 3.48 m/s