MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 145 SFC 978 337 17.3 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 121 5 292.4 294.6 291.2 328.1 12.61 2 950 584 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.3 144 16 294.2 296.4 291.4 329.0 12.17 3 900 1045 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 15.0 155 17 297.3 299.5 292.1 331.4 11.78 4 850 1529 13.4 13.0 97 0.4 13.1 184 13 300.1 302.2 292.4 332.8 11.12 5 800 2039 11.0 10.7 97 0.4 10.8 220 12 302.9 304.8 292.5 333.0 10.13 6 750 2576 8.2 8.1 99 0.1 8.2 220 11 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.8 9.08 7 700 3144 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.0 213 10 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.79 8 650 3747 2.0 0.1 87 1.9 1.0 240 3 311.2 312.4 291.6 329.8 5.96 9 600 4389 -2.0 -3.1 92 1.1 -2.5 267 6 313.8 314.8 291.7 329.9 5.08 10 550 5077 -5.7 -7.7 86 2.0 -6.6 280 12 317.3 318.0 291.7 329.8 3.89 11 500 5818 -10.1 -14.2 72 4.1 -11.6 286 13 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.2 2.55 12 450 6623 -14.9 -19.1 70 4.2 -16.2 302 12 324.5 324.9 292.0 330.9 1.87 13 400 7504 -21.1 -23.5 80 2.5 -21.7 281 11 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.7 1.43 14 350 8475 -28.5 -29.0 95 0.6 -28.6 247 18 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.0 0.99 15 300 9562 -36.9 -38.5 85 1.6 -37.1 290 36 333.3 333.4 293.0 335.0 0.46 16 250 10793 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 268 51 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12246 -52.7 -67.3 15 14.6 -53.1 281 67 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14077 -57.5 -78.7 5 21.2 -57.8 271 50 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16594 -63.7 -83.2 5 19.4 -63.9 310 23 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.29 m Freezing level: 624.75 mb = 4071.33 m = 13357.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.55 mb = 3927.26 m = 12884.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.92 mb = 371.06 m = 1217.36 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1189.67 m = 3903.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.59 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5382.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.56 mb = 870.83 m = 2857.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.5 neg: -5.9 tot: 82.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 33.51 m/s