MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 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 977 337 18.0 17.3 96 0.7 17.6 102 7 293.1 295.4 291.6 329.7 12.85 2 950 576 18.2 15.2 83 3.0 16.2 121 17 295.6 297.7 291.3 328.6 11.48 3 900 1039 16.6 13.6 83 3.0 14.7 141 16 298.6 300.6 291.9 330.5 10.95 4 850 1525 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 152 13 301.2 303.0 292.0 331.1 10.14 5 800 2036 11.3 10.1 93 1.2 10.6 172 10 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.3 9.78 6 750 2574 8.5 8.0 96 0.5 8.2 211 9 305.8 307.5 292.5 332.9 8.99 7 700 3142 5.5 4.8 95 0.7 5.1 234 9 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.1 7.71 8 650 3746 2.1 1.2 94 0.9 1.7 281 10 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.4 6.46 9 600 4388 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 294 12 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.0 5.28 10 550 5077 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 299 15 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.24 11 500 5819 -9.7 -11.2 89 1.4 -10.3 295 14 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.9 3.26 12 450 6625 -14.6 -15.9 90 1.3 -15.0 290 13 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.3 2.47 13 400 7507 -20.4 -20.5 99 0.1 -20.4 269 14 328.5 328.9 293.0 335.0 1.87 14 350 8482 -27.5 -27.5 100 -0.0 -27.5 256 17 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.15 15 300 9571 -36.1 -36.1 100 -0.0 -36.1 250 27 334.5 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.59 16 250 10810 -45.5 -45.5 100 -0.0 -45.5 262 40 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.26 17 200 12277 -51.7 -68.0 12 16.3 -52.0 274 70 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14111 -59.0 -79.1 6 20.1 -59.2 275 65 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16614 -65.2 -83.0 7 17.7 -65.4 307 17 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.53 m Freezing level: 621.27 mb = 4114.81 m = 13499.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.86 mb = 4023.77 m = 13201.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.48 mb = 419.70 m = 1376.95 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 1.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1778.70 m = 5835.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5600.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.92 mb = 1134.89 m = 3723.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 76.06 m/s