MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 137 SFC 977 337 20.1 16.7 81 3.4 17.8 126 6 295.2 297.4 291.8 330.5 12.29 2 950 578 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.1 141 11 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.4 11.13 3 900 1042 17.2 13.4 78 3.8 14.8 168 12 299.3 301.2 291.9 330.9 10.81 4 850 1529 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.5 175 13 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.7 9.95 5 800 2039 11.0 9.1 88 1.9 9.9 177 14 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.0 9.10 6 750 2576 7.6 6.8 95 0.8 7.1 184 14 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.7 8.28 7 700 3142 4.6 4.3 98 0.3 4.5 205 15 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.4 7.47 8 650 3743 1.1 1.0 100 0.1 1.1 228 14 310.2 311.4 291.7 329.8 6.35 9 600 4385 -1.4 -1.6 99 0.2 -1.5 260 10 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.5 5.70 10 550 5075 -5.2 -5.8 95 0.6 -5.4 280 7 318.0 318.8 292.4 332.5 4.52 11 500 5818 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.5 292 10 321.7 322.5 292.7 333.7 3.62 12 450 6626 -13.9 -14.4 96 0.4 -14.1 277 16 325.7 326.3 293.1 335.2 2.79 13 400 7510 -19.9 -20.0 100 0.1 -19.9 277 20 329.1 329.5 293.3 336.0 1.96 14 350 8486 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 270 21 332.1 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 15 300 9576 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 256 23 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10814 -45.2 -45.3 99 0.1 -45.2 270 49 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.27 17 200 12288 -51.2 -69.9 9 18.7 -51.6 274 88 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14120 -59.3 -79.1 6 19.8 -59.5 278 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16607 -65.4 -82.9 7 17.5 -65.5 315 25 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.43 m Freezing level: 627.94 mb = 4026.49 m = 13210.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.92 mb = 4007.66 m = 13148.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.01 mb = 769.78 m = 2525.49 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1846.17 m = 6056.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6068.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.66 mb = 1285.33 m = 4216.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 20.78 m/s