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: 40.77,-96.72 Latitude: 40.77 Longitude: -96.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 967 409 23.5 20.8 85 2.7 21.6 198 3 299.5 302.5 296.0 346.9 16.22 2 950 563 23.0 19.4 80 3.6 20.5 199 6 300.5 303.3 295.5 344.9 15.12 3 900 1033 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 203 9 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.1 14.05 4 850 1523 16.1 15.4 96 0.7 15.7 201 11 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.7 13.07 5 800 2038 14.2 11.4 84 2.7 12.4 210 12 306.3 308.2 293.9 338.4 10.68 6 750 2582 11.6 6.1 69 5.6 8.3 235 14 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.90 7 700 3156 7.8 2.2 67 5.7 4.7 254 17 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.1 6.41 8 650 3763 3.5 -1.7 69 5.2 0.8 266 18 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.3 5.20 9 600 4407 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.7 268 21 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.0 3.98 10 550 5094 -5.7 -14.3 51 8.6 -8.9 261 28 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.9 2.30 11 500 5835 -10.4 -22.0 38 11.6 -13.8 259 32 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.31 12 450 6638 -15.4 -27.1 36 11.7 -18.2 263 36 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.1 0.92 13 400 7516 -21.5 -31.4 41 9.8 -23.5 260 45 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.70 14 350 8486 -28.9 -41.0 30 12.1 -30.4 254 53 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 15 300 9568 -37.7 -47.2 36 9.5 -38.4 246 58 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 16 250 10799 -47.0 -56.9 31 9.9 -47.3 244 61 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.07 17 200 12247 -55.7 -63.4 38 7.7 -55.8 241 63 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14046 -62.2 -75.1 16 12.8 -62.4 251 51 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16557 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 240 27 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.42 m Freezing level: 615.47 mb = 4207.81 m = 13804.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.81 mb = 3877.64 m = 12721.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.90 mb = 748.63 m = 2456.10 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 22.14 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1355.50 m = 4447.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1586.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.89 mb = 1197.63 m = 3929.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.89 mb = 1544.64 m = 5067.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.89 mb = 1850.66 m = 6071.64 ft B at Equ Level: 9.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.89 mb = 15538.13 m = 50977.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 46.16 Bulk Shear: 34.37 m/s