MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 39.20,-96.94 Latitude: 39.20 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 967 388 36.0 17.6 34 18.4 22.9 198 16 312.1 314.6 297.2 352.5 13.16 2 950 548 33.7 16.7 36 17.0 21.8 200 23 311.4 313.8 296.7 350.3 12.69 3 900 1033 29.1 15.6 44 13.5 19.7 203 22 311.5 313.9 296.5 349.7 12.45 4 850 1539 24.5 14.3 53 10.1 17.5 207 18 311.8 314.1 296.4 349.1 12.17 5 800 2066 19.6 12.9 65 6.7 15.1 212 14 312.1 314.3 296.3 348.4 11.80 6 750 2619 14.8 10.7 77 4.0 12.1 225 9 312.6 314.7 295.8 346.2 10.88 7 700 3199 10.2 6.7 79 3.5 8.0 278 4 313.7 315.4 294.6 341.1 8.80 8 650 3812 7.2 -4.0 45 11.2 1.5 0 8 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.1 4.37 9 600 4466 3.4 -14.0 26 17.5 -3.6 352 7 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.3 2.15 10 550 5165 -1.0 -19.7 23 18.6 -7.5 343 11 322.9 323.2 291.1 327.9 1.46 11 500 5918 -6.4 -22.5 27 16.1 -11.4 345 12 325.2 325.5 291.6 329.6 1.26 12 450 6731 -12.7 -25.1 35 12.4 -16.1 339 15 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.10 13 400 7617 -19.7 -28.6 45 8.9 -21.7 336 20 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.6 0.90 14 350 8595 -26.9 -34.4 49 7.5 -28.1 318 21 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.7 0.59 15 300 9685 -36.2 -40.0 68 3.9 -36.6 299 28 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.39 16 250 10927 -44.8 -50.0 56 5.2 -45.0 284 36 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12386 -54.8 -58.5 64 3.7 -54.9 292 37 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14188 -62.3 -69.1 40 6.8 -62.4 308 31 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.02 19 100 16673 -64.0 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.2 45 9 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.33 m Freezing level: 561.36 mb = 5006.19 m = 16424.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.04 mb = 4002.23 m = 13130.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.04 % Est. max temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.23 mb = 2706.07 m = 8878.09 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 25.23 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2923.97 m = 9592.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.08 C = 98.74 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 41.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1708.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.10 mb = 2730.28 m = 8957.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.10 mb = 3137.54 m = 10293.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.10 mb = 12871.22 m = 42227.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1701.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.10 mb = 16368.39 m = 53701.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -21.3 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 39.80 Bulk Shear: 42.91 m/s