MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 40.22,-98.28 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -98.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 545 SFC 949 550 25.7 16.6 57 9.1 19.4 27 19 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.6 12.57 3 900 1016 20.0 15.2 74 4.8 16.8 31 28 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.2 12.19 4 850 1506 16.1 13.8 87 2.2 14.6 35 26 303.0 305.2 293.8 337.9 11.79 5 800 2022 15.5 13.6 88 1.9 14.2 56 16 307.7 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.32 6 750 2573 16.9 9.1 60 7.7 11.9 340 2 314.9 316.8 295.6 345.2 9.73 7 700 3160 15.4 0.1 35 15.3 6.8 274 15 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.2 5.50 8 650 3783 10.3 -3.1 39 13.4 3.2 265 18 320.6 321.5 293.3 335.9 4.70 9 600 4442 4.4 -6.1 46 10.5 -0.7 271 21 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.5 4.04 10 550 5142 -1.9 -9.0 59 7.1 -5.1 274 25 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.5 3.53 11 500 5891 -8.4 -11.5 78 3.1 -9.6 282 23 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.4 3.18 12 450 6700 -13.9 -16.7 79 2.8 -14.9 281 22 325.8 326.3 292.7 333.7 2.30 13 400 7587 -18.2 -24.1 60 5.9 -19.8 281 21 331.4 331.7 293.4 336.3 1.36 14 350 8573 -24.4 -34.1 41 9.6 -26.2 299 17 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.1 0.61 15 300 9674 -33.9 -42.8 40 8.9 -34.8 292 14 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.7 0.29 16 250 10921 -44.7 -49.6 58 4.9 -45.0 292 20 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12375 -56.3 -60.7 57 4.4 -56.3 298 25 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14152 -66.7 -68.6 77 1.9 -66.7 334 8 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16623 -61.8 -83.4 4 21.6 -62.0 283 11 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.63 m Freezing level: 565.01 mb = 4931.74 m = 16180.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.70 mb = 4323.08 m = 14183.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.80 mb = 1700.83 m = 5580.09 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.61 mb = 3787.60 m = 12426.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.74 C = 108.93 F Cap Strength: 8.07 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.07 C Showalter Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 23.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 599.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.45 mb = 1683.94 m = 5524.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.45 mb = 5621.48 m = 18442.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.45 mb = 7448.17 m = 24435.96 ft B at Equ Level: 68.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.45 mb = 9269.97 m = 30412.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.7 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 333.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.6 neg: -22.7 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 116.51 m/s