MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.21,-99.08 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -99.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 563 SFC 943 625 31.5 18.3 45 13.2 22.1 128 9 309.8 312.5 297.3 353.0 14.19 3 900 1043 25.8 16.8 57 9.1 19.5 138 9 308.1 310.7 296.4 348.9 13.47 4 850 1543 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.4 153 7 308.2 310.7 296.3 348.4 13.29 5 800 2065 16.3 14.3 88 2.0 15.0 174 5 308.5 311.0 296.1 347.8 12.96 6 750 2613 13.0 10.3 83 2.7 11.2 286 6 310.7 312.7 295.0 342.9 10.52 7 700 3191 10.8 -3.9 35 14.7 3.4 318 14 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.5 4.08 8 650 3804 7.1 -13.9 21 21.0 -1.4 330 17 317.0 317.4 289.9 323.7 2.01 9 600 4455 2.0 -11.2 37 13.2 -3.6 345 22 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.3 2.70 10 550 5150 -3.5 -15.9 37 12.5 -8.1 344 27 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 2.00 11 500 5896 -8.9 -20.1 40 11.2 -12.5 341 34 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.5 1.54 12 450 6704 -14.1 -30.1 24 16.0 -17.7 330 35 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.70 13 400 7584 -21.0 -37.3 22 16.3 -23.7 326 37 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.39 14 350 8558 -27.8 -47.2 14 19.4 -29.8 329 43 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 15 300 9646 -36.3 -51.3 20 15.0 -37.4 331 50 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10884 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -46.0 327 68 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12344 -52.6 -66.9 16 14.3 -52.9 318 60 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14184 -57.5 -78.0 6 20.5 -57.8 308 23 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.01 19 100 16685 -65.9 -83.2 7 17.3 -66.0 275 13 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.92 m Freezing level: 581.99 mb = 4705.47 m = 15437.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.86 mb = 3616.62 m = 11865.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.14 mb = 2289.18 m = 7510.33 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 29.36 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2362.25 m = 7750.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1888.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.47 mb = 2220.58 m = 7285.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.47 mb = 2607.21 m = 8553.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.47 mb = 2833.58 m = 9296.40 ft B at Equ Level: 7.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.47 mb = 16070.59 m = 52724.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.3 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 7.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 20.83 Bulk Shear: 90.64 m/s