MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 40.21,-96.04 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 974 352 23.4 21.2 87 2.3 21.8 185 8 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.8 16.46 2 950 568 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.6 192 15 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.1 15.39 3 900 1037 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 207 14 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.1 14.12 4 850 1528 16.5 15.0 91 1.6 15.5 217 11 303.5 305.8 294.6 341.3 12.71 5 800 2044 14.3 11.2 81 3.2 12.3 216 9 306.4 308.4 293.8 338.0 10.47 6 750 2588 12.3 4.0 57 8.2 7.5 234 8 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.0 6.83 7 700 3163 8.2 1.0 60 7.2 4.3 252 11 311.6 312.7 291.7 330.0 5.90 8 650 3770 3.4 -0.7 74 4.1 1.3 262 13 312.8 313.9 291.8 330.4 5.61 9 600 4414 -1.4 -4.8 78 3.4 -3.0 261 15 314.5 315.4 291.3 328.7 4.46 10 550 5103 -5.1 -14.1 49 8.9 -8.5 267 23 318.0 318.4 290.5 325.7 2.34 11 500 5845 -9.6 -19.9 43 10.3 -12.8 261 30 321.3 321.6 290.8 326.7 1.58 12 450 6651 -14.4 -26.8 34 12.5 -17.5 259 35 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.94 13 400 7533 -20.8 -33.0 32 12.3 -23.1 254 40 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.59 14 350 8504 -28.4 -44.0 21 15.6 -30.1 247 46 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.22 15 300 9591 -36.6 -47.9 30 11.3 -37.5 243 56 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.17 16 250 10825 -46.5 -55.5 35 9.0 -46.9 239 61 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.08 17 200 12276 -55.8 -62.8 41 7.0 -55.9 236 57 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14070 -63.1 -75.0 18 11.9 -63.2 251 48 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16564 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 247 29 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.46 m Freezing level: 614.49 mb = 4227.37 m = 13869.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3952.91 m = 12968.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.50 mb = 636.62 m = 2088.64 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1342.78 m = 4405.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1428.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.97 mb = 1104.60 m = 3623.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.97 mb = 2951.49 m = 9683.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.97 mb = 12339.57 m = 40483.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1415.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.97 mb = 15547.17 m = 51007.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -12.0 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 55.84 Bulk Shear: 25.58 m/s