MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 151 SFC 979 337 17.4 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 122 6 292.4 294.6 291.0 327.7 12.45 2 950 590 16.5 15.0 91 1.5 15.5 138 17 293.9 296.0 290.7 326.4 11.36 3 900 1050 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.1 156 20 296.9 298.9 291.3 328.6 10.96 4 850 1533 13.1 13.1 100 0.0 13.1 184 12 299.9 301.9 292.4 332.6 11.19 5 800 2043 11.1 10.4 95 0.7 10.7 223 8 303.0 304.8 292.4 332.5 9.94 6 750 2580 8.3 7.7 96 0.7 7.9 230 9 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.1 8.80 7 700 3148 5.0 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 227 9 308.0 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.49 8 650 3751 2.2 0.5 88 1.7 1.3 233 9 311.5 312.6 291.9 330.5 6.11 9 600 4394 -1.8 -3.6 87 1.8 -2.7 247 8 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.89 10 550 5081 -6.2 -8.8 82 2.6 -7.3 265 12 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.3 3.57 11 500 5820 -10.9 -13.0 85 2.1 -11.7 271 12 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.0 2.81 12 450 6622 -15.9 -18.6 80 2.7 -16.7 267 12 323.2 323.6 291.7 329.9 1.96 13 400 7500 -21.7 -23.4 86 1.7 -22.1 261 10 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.9 1.45 14 350 8471 -28.4 -29.1 93 0.7 -28.5 254 17 330.5 330.7 292.8 334.0 0.98 15 300 9555 -37.8 -38.7 91 0.9 -37.9 256 21 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.45 16 250 10781 -48.6 -49.3 93 0.7 -48.7 261 21 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 17 200 12234 -52.3 -68.4 13 16.1 -52.6 279 62 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14068 -57.3 -79.3 5 22.0 -57.6 286 45 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16596 -63.4 -83.1 5 19.6 -63.6 304 20 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.61 m Freezing level: 622.37 mb = 4106.40 m = 13472.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 3956.72 m = 12981.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.62 mb = 406.00 m = 1331.99 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.35 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1448.24 m = 4751.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6853.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.88 mb = 947.49 m = 3108.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 89.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 40.33 m/s