MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.06,-101.55 Latitude: 38.06 Longitude: -101.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 544 SFC 901 1014 29.8 15.6 42 14.2 19.9 70 3 312.2 314.6 296.8 350.6 12.50 3 900 1021 29.5 15.1 42 14.4 19.5 73 3 311.9 314.2 296.4 349.0 12.07 4 850 1527 24.5 13.8 52 10.6 17.2 88 2 311.8 314.0 296.2 347.9 11.78 5 800 2054 19.4 12.7 65 6.7 14.9 108 1 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.5 11.61 6 750 2606 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 26 0 312.1 314.2 295.7 346.0 11.00 7 700 3185 10.7 0.0 48 10.6 4.9 339 8 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.7 5.49 8 650 3797 5.6 -5.5 45 11.0 0.3 325 12 315.3 316.0 291.1 327.8 3.91 9 600 4447 0.9 -8.1 51 9.0 -3.1 302 16 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.4 3.46 10 550 5139 -5.5 -11.4 63 6.0 -7.9 308 20 317.6 318.2 290.9 327.1 2.90 11 500 5879 -11.0 -11.8 93 0.9 -11.3 310 31 319.7 320.3 291.7 329.9 3.09 12 450 6681 -16.1 -16.5 97 0.3 -16.3 305 50 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.9 2.35 13 400 7556 -23.0 -23.5 95 0.6 -23.1 307 56 325.1 325.4 291.7 330.1 1.43 14 350 8522 -28.8 -29.7 91 1.0 -29.0 320 55 330.0 330.1 292.6 333.3 0.93 15 300 9612 -34.4 -36.2 84 1.8 -34.7 323 60 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.1 0.58 16 250 10866 -43.0 -45.7 74 2.8 -43.2 327 84 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.25 17 200 12337 -51.3 -67.5 13 16.2 -51.6 319 89 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14191 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 305 39 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16697 -65.2 -83.3 6 18.1 -65.4 207 5 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.37 m Freezing level: 592.70 mb = 4547.99 m = 14921.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.26 mb = 3844.29 m = 12612.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.54 mb = 2803.64 m = 9198.20 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3133.90 m = 10281.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -7.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1735.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.34 mb = 2863.40 m = 9394.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.34 mb = 3396.33 m = 11142.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.34 mb = 11638.87 m = 38184.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1735.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.34 mb = 15450.90 m = 50691.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.4 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 340.4 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -5.2 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 34.82 Bulk Shear: 49.85 m/s