MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 142 SFC 977 337 17.7 17.1 96 0.6 17.3 134 7 292.8 295.0 291.3 328.6 12.62 2 950 581 17.9 15.8 87 2.1 16.5 143 20 295.4 297.5 291.6 329.6 11.93 3 900 1044 16.3 14.2 88 2.1 15.0 165 18 298.3 300.4 292.1 331.5 11.40 4 850 1529 13.6 12.2 91 1.5 12.7 178 15 300.4 302.4 292.1 331.4 10.54 5 800 2039 11.1 10.1 94 0.9 10.5 177 11 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.0 9.78 6 750 2576 8.4 7.4 93 1.0 7.8 183 3 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.7 8.64 7 700 3145 5.7 3.8 88 1.9 4.6 332 6 308.7 310.1 291.9 330.8 7.19 8 650 3748 1.8 0.6 92 1.2 1.1 338 11 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.1 6.15 9 600 4390 -1.8 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.0 332 12 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.38 10 550 5079 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.6 -5.7 314 14 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.44 11 500 5821 -9.7 -10.4 95 0.6 -10.0 303 17 321.2 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.48 12 450 6627 -14.7 -15.1 97 0.4 -14.9 300 19 324.7 325.3 292.7 333.6 2.62 13 400 7509 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.6 301 19 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.85 14 350 8482 -27.9 -28.0 99 0.1 -27.9 282 19 331.1 331.4 293.1 335.1 1.09 15 300 9569 -37.0 -37.0 100 -0.0 -37.0 250 27 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 16 250 10805 -46.0 -46.3 97 0.2 -46.0 242 46 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.24 17 200 12265 -51.8 -61.6 30 9.8 -52.1 267 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 18 150 14104 -57.2 -78.7 5 21.5 -57.5 279 58 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16615 -63.4 -83.2 5 19.8 -63.6 292 15 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.49 m Freezing level: 624.88 mb = 4070.61 m = 13354.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.10 mb = 3972.05 m = 13031.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.52 mb = 415.57 m = 1363.41 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1494.32 m = 4902.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6370.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.89 mb = 1035.71 m = 3397.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -25.0 tot: 68.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 97.36 m/s