MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 141 SFC 977 337 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.9 107 6 292.3 294.5 290.9 327.2 12.29 2 950 580 17.7 15.4 86 2.3 16.2 130 15 295.2 297.3 291.3 328.6 11.64 3 900 1043 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.7 158 15 299.0 301.0 291.9 330.8 10.87 4 850 1530 14.9 11.6 81 3.3 12.8 191 18 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.7 10.13 5 800 2041 11.8 9.7 87 2.0 10.5 205 16 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.1 9.52 6 750 2579 8.5 6.7 89 1.7 7.5 199 6 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.7 8.26 7 700 3148 5.5 3.1 85 2.4 4.1 311 2 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.5 6.84 8 650 3750 2.0 0.0 87 2.0 1.0 354 8 311.2 312.4 291.6 329.6 5.91 9 600 4393 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 322 8 314.3 315.3 292.0 330.9 5.28 10 550 5081 -5.6 -7.1 89 1.5 -6.3 298 12 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.6 4.08 11 500 5823 -10.0 -12.3 83 2.3 -10.9 307 21 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.8 2.98 12 450 6629 -14.9 -16.3 89 1.5 -15.4 301 17 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.6 2.37 13 400 7510 -20.6 -21.4 94 0.7 -20.8 279 10 328.2 328.5 292.9 334.2 1.73 14 350 8483 -28.2 -28.5 98 0.3 -28.2 244 17 330.7 331.0 292.9 334.5 1.05 15 300 9569 -36.5 -40.5 66 4.0 -36.9 271 34 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.37 16 250 10805 -46.8 -49.3 76 2.4 -47.0 284 58 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.17 17 200 12252 -54.0 -63.2 31 9.2 -54.2 276 59 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14094 -57.1 -78.0 5 21.0 -57.3 288 54 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16609 -63.2 -83.3 5 20.1 -63.4 296 18 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.49 m Freezing level: 622.17 mb = 4108.03 m = 13477.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.29 mb = 3946.79 m = 12948.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.00 mb = 410.23 m = 1345.87 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1916.54 m = 6287.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6611.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.24 mb = 1135.91 m = 3726.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.4 neg: -38.2 tot: 106.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 67.64 m/s