MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z 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 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.1 127 7 294.9 297.5 293.1 335.0 13.99 2 950 592 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.3 135 12 295.1 297.5 292.4 332.6 13.06 3 900 1054 15.2 15.1 100 0.1 15.1 164 12 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.2 12.10 4 850 1538 13.4 13.3 100 0.0 13.4 189 11 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.6 11.39 5 800 2048 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 199 10 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.2 10.21 6 750 2585 8.2 7.6 96 0.6 7.9 213 10 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.9 8.76 7 700 3153 5.3 4.3 93 1.0 4.7 237 10 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.2 7.45 8 650 3756 2.3 0.2 86 2.1 1.2 257 11 311.5 312.7 291.7 330.1 5.98 9 600 4399 -1.5 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.5 270 13 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.6 4.15 10 550 5087 -6.0 -11.9 63 5.9 -8.3 278 14 317.0 317.5 290.6 326.1 2.80 11 500 5826 -10.8 -17.4 58 6.6 -13.0 286 12 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.4 1.95 12 450 6627 -16.7 -19.8 77 3.0 -17.6 292 10 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.77 13 400 7501 -22.5 -23.5 92 1.0 -22.8 279 11 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.7 1.44 14 350 8468 -29.6 -30.3 94 0.7 -29.7 260 11 328.9 329.0 292.3 332.0 0.88 15 300 9547 -38.6 -38.6 100 0.0 -38.6 191 16 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.45 16 250 10772 -48.1 -51.3 69 3.2 -48.2 233 13 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12226 -52.3 -68.2 13 16.0 -52.6 287 49 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14068 -56.2 -79.6 4 23.4 -56.5 292 37 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16599 -62.5 -83.3 4 20.9 -62.7 314 16 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.46 m Freezing level: 619.89 mb = 4143.48 m = 13593.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.21 mb = 3916.03 m = 12847.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.44 mb = 498.46 m = 1635.34 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.44 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 859.70 m = 2820.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.40 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.37 mb = 844.28 m = 2769.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.37 mb = 890.67 m = 2922.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 877.37 mb = 1269.57 m = 4165.19 ft B at Equ Level: 15.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.37 mb = 11390.25 m = 37369.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 39.67 m/s