MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.74,-98.7 Latitude: 39.74 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 543 27.6 15.0 46 12.6 19.1 11 11 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.4 11.29 2 950 598 25.7 14.2 49 11.5 18.1 11 13 303.3 305.2 293.1 335.2 10.74 3 900 1070 20.7 13.0 61 7.7 15.7 10 14 302.9 304.8 292.9 334.2 10.55 4 850 1561 16.1 12.1 77 4.0 13.5 7 14 303.0 304.9 292.8 334.1 10.49 5 800 2073 11.6 10.7 94 0.9 11.0 1 13 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.17 6 750 2613 10.9 5.8 71 5.1 7.9 329 13 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.74 7 700 3187 8.0 3.7 74 4.3 5.6 314 16 311.4 312.7 292.7 333.6 7.16 8 650 3796 5.8 -0.7 63 6.5 2.3 306 20 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.3 5.60 9 600 4448 1.9 -5.0 60 7.0 -1.4 287 29 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.5 4.39 10 550 5144 -2.5 -13.5 43 11.0 -6.8 272 36 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.3 2.45 11 500 5893 -6.9 -31.5 12 24.5 -12.9 275 33 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.6 0.55 12 450 6708 -11.3 -42.4 6 31.1 -16.8 287 38 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.8 0.20 13 400 7600 -17.4 -45.5 7 28.0 -21.5 284 37 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 14 350 8585 -24.9 -42.0 19 17.1 -27.3 292 40 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.2 0.27 15 300 9686 -33.5 -48.6 20 15.1 -34.8 285 43 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 16 250 10938 -44.0 -54.2 31 10.3 -44.5 284 44 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 17 200 12397 -55.0 -61.4 45 6.3 -55.2 288 37 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14180 -65.5 -70.8 48 5.3 -65.6 270 39 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16661 -62.7 -83.9 4 21.2 -62.9 293 14 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.01 m Freezing level: 578.13 mb = 4752.26 m = 15591.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.27 mb = 4190.41 m = 13747.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.00 mb = 2125.43 m = 6973.12 ft T: 11.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 6.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2783.60 m = 9132.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 2.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4918.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.43 mb = 2047.38 m = 6717.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -9.9 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 65.22 m/s