MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.45,-101.36 Latitude: 38.45 Longitude: -101.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 545 SFC 901 1008 24.4 17.9 67 6.4 19.8 121 12 306.6 309.3 296.7 350.2 14.51 3 900 1016 24.5 17.9 67 6.5 19.9 122 14 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.4 14.52 4 850 1516 21.7 16.2 71 5.4 17.9 138 20 308.8 311.4 296.8 350.6 13.78 5 800 2042 20.2 11.8 58 8.4 14.6 177 9 312.7 314.7 295.8 346.4 10.93 6 750 2596 16.1 8.9 62 7.2 11.5 255 5 314.0 315.9 295.3 343.9 9.60 7 700 3178 12.0 3.3 55 8.7 6.9 325 13 315.7 317.1 293.7 337.6 6.93 8 650 3794 7.4 -2.9 48 10.3 2.1 325 21 317.3 318.2 292.4 332.5 4.74 9 600 4447 2.5 -8.3 45 10.8 -2.4 337 29 319.0 319.6 291.7 330.1 3.41 10 550 5144 -2.7 -11.9 49 9.2 -6.5 336 38 320.8 321.4 291.7 330.1 2.79 11 500 5892 -8.3 -16.2 53 7.9 -11.1 331 43 323.0 323.4 291.8 330.3 2.16 12 450 6700 -14.3 -22.8 48 8.5 -16.7 322 39 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.35 13 400 7580 -21.5 -29.1 51 7.5 -23.1 328 35 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.86 14 350 8549 -29.0 -38.6 39 9.6 -30.3 321 43 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.39 15 300 9636 -35.0 -51.7 17 16.7 -36.2 329 67 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.11 16 250 10885 -43.3 -56.2 23 12.9 -43.9 331 83 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 17 200 12355 -52.2 -65.7 18 13.5 -52.5 326 76 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14192 -57.0 -78.0 5 21.1 -57.2 318 38 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16711 -64.3 -83.4 6 19.2 -64.4 257 8 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.70 m Freezing level: 576.23 mb = 4778.40 m = 15676.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.05 mb = 4087.33 m = 13409.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.80 mb = 1829.88 m = 6003.46 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3047.47 m = 9998.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1716.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.48 mb = 2331.18 m = 7648.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.48 mb = 3813.24 m = 12510.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.48 mb = 12403.84 m = 40694.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1697.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.48 mb = 15657.59 m = 51369.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 359.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.4 neg: -6.8 tot: 232.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.31 Bulk Shear: 234.90 m/s