MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 155 SFC 979 337 18.5 17.0 91 1.6 17.5 127 9 293.5 295.7 291.5 329.2 12.53 2 950 594 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 133 14 293.5 295.7 290.9 327.2 11.80 3 900 1055 15.4 14.2 92 1.2 14.6 161 16 297.4 299.5 291.8 330.4 11.38 4 850 1539 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 169 9 300.1 302.2 292.5 332.9 11.16 5 800 2049 11.2 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 202 7 303.1 305.0 292.6 333.2 10.13 6 750 2586 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 205 8 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.3 8.53 7 700 3154 5.6 2.9 83 2.7 4.1 232 9 308.7 309.9 291.5 329.3 6.74 8 650 3757 2.3 -0.8 80 3.1 0.7 238 9 311.6 312.7 291.4 329.0 5.56 9 600 4400 -1.4 -6.0 71 4.6 -3.5 252 11 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.5 4.08 10 550 5088 -5.8 -11.5 64 5.7 -8.1 272 12 317.2 317.8 290.7 326.7 2.88 11 500 5828 -10.9 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.8 283 12 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.8 2.12 12 450 6629 -16.6 -22.6 60 6.0 -18.2 279 11 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.39 13 400 7504 -22.6 -27.0 67 4.5 -23.5 270 9 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.04 14 350 8470 -29.5 -30.3 93 0.8 -29.7 248 16 329.0 329.1 292.3 332.1 0.88 15 300 9551 -38.2 -38.7 95 0.5 -38.2 193 9 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.45 16 250 10776 -48.6 -48.7 99 0.1 -48.6 223 12 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12229 -52.3 -68.3 13 16.0 -52.6 284 54 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14068 -56.8 -79.4 4 22.5 -57.1 287 42 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16596 -62.6 -83.3 5 20.7 -62.8 302 17 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.40 m Freezing level: 618.86 mb = 4157.88 m = 13641.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.43 mb = 3864.04 m = 12677.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.93 mb = 532.07 m = 1745.63 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1380.62 m = 4529.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6011.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.77 mb = 915.99 m = 3005.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 38.34 m/s