MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.33,-99.32 Latitude: 38.33 Longitude: -99.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 501 SFC 935 649 43.8 6.9 11 36.8 19.9 212 9 323.1 324.4 295.4 344.8 6.70 3 900 999 38.5 5.4 13 33.1 17.7 220 12 321.2 322.4 294.7 341.4 6.26 4 850 1518 33.4 4.5 16 28.9 15.5 229 13 321.1 322.4 294.6 341.2 6.23 5 800 2059 28.2 3.6 21 24.6 13.2 237 14 321.2 322.4 294.6 341.2 6.19 6 750 2625 22.8 2.6 27 20.2 10.7 241 14 321.3 322.5 294.6 341.2 6.16 7 700 3219 17.1 1.4 35 15.7 8.0 245 16 321.4 322.6 294.6 341.1 6.07 8 650 3845 11.3 -0.3 45 11.6 4.8 247 17 321.7 322.9 294.4 340.4 5.76 9 600 4506 5.6 -3.5 52 9.1 0.8 245 20 322.6 323.5 294.0 338.7 4.91 10 550 5211 -0.4 -6.4 64 6.0 -3.3 245 21 323.6 324.4 293.8 337.8 4.32 11 500 5965 -6.5 -10.8 71 4.3 -8.3 262 21 325.2 325.8 293.4 336.4 3.36 12 450 6780 -12.0 -20.2 50 8.2 -14.6 280 22 328.1 328.5 292.8 334.1 1.70 13 400 7670 -18.1 -24.1 59 6.0 -19.7 291 23 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.4 1.36 14 350 8653 -25.7 -29.5 70 3.8 -26.5 287 20 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.6 0.95 15 300 9750 -34.6 -39.8 59 5.3 -35.2 303 29 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.2 0.40 16 250 10995 -45.0 -52.2 44 7.2 -45.4 308 34 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.12 17 200 12454 -54.0 -64.8 26 10.8 -54.2 303 27 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14258 -63.0 -75.5 17 12.5 -63.1 288 19 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16707 -64.9 -83.0 6 18.1 -65.1 254 11 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5913.41 m Freezing level: 553.42 mb = 5162.50 m = 16937.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.90 mb = 4643.73 m = 15235.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.90 % Est. max temperature: 41.97 C = 107.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 552.36 mb = 5176.03 m = 16981.52 ft T: -0.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 539.65 mb = 5360.98 m = 17588.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.61 C = 112.29 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.88 C Cross Totals Index: 10.99 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 286.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 557.02 mb = 5107.95 m = 16758.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 512.02 mb = 5776.72 m = 18952.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.02 mb = 11482.96 m = 37673.31 ft B at Equ Level: 279.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.02 mb = 13399.08 m = 43959.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 25.80 Bulk Shear: 11.10 m/s