MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.15,-99.55 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -99.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 522 SFC 933 686 33.5 16.2 36 17.3 21.4 28 13 312.8 315.2 297.0 351.5 12.54 3 900 1005 28.6 14.9 43 13.7 19.2 31 17 311.0 313.2 296.1 347.5 11.94 4 850 1509 23.7 14.0 54 9.8 17.1 35 15 311.0 313.2 296.1 347.4 11.88 5 800 2035 19.3 12.8 66 6.4 15.0 45 12 311.7 313.9 296.1 347.6 11.71 6 750 2588 16.7 9.4 62 7.3 12.0 35 6 314.7 316.6 295.6 345.6 9.92 7 700 3178 16.7 -0.9 30 17.6 6.9 256 9 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.6 5.12 8 650 3803 11.7 -5.9 29 17.6 2.8 280 10 322.2 322.9 293.0 334.7 3.80 9 600 4465 5.6 -5.7 44 11.3 0.0 278 15 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.3 4.17 10 550 5168 -0.8 -7.1 62 6.3 -3.8 280 17 323.2 324.0 293.5 336.6 4.08 11 500 5920 -7.6 -13.1 65 5.5 -9.8 277 12 323.8 324.3 292.6 333.2 2.79 12 450 6730 -14.1 -18.9 67 4.8 -15.7 286 19 325.5 325.8 292.3 332.0 1.90 13 400 7615 -18.5 -30.0 36 11.5 -21.1 306 21 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.8 0.79 14 350 8598 -25.0 -32.8 48 7.8 -26.5 325 13 335.0 335.1 293.7 337.6 0.69 15 300 9698 -34.0 -40.5 52 6.5 -34.7 322 10 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.9 0.37 16 250 10947 -44.3 -50.1 52 5.8 -44.6 339 13 340.2 340.3 294.5 340.9 0.16 17 200 12401 -56.4 -59.6 67 3.2 -56.5 6 13 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14175 -66.6 -69.7 65 3.1 -66.7 337 7 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16645 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.4 -63.6 1 2 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.66 m Freezing level: 555.98 mb = 5084.11 m = 16679.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.74 mb = 4468.12 m = 14659.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.74 mb = 2857.46 m = 9374.76 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.81 mb = 4024.34 m = 13203.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.84 C = 109.12 F Cap Strength: 6.57 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.57 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 27.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1249.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 340.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.16 mb = 2758.97 m = 9051.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.16 mb = 4877.08 m = 16000.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.16 mb = 13397.14 m = 43953.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.16 mb = 16055.05 m = 52673.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 25.37 Bulk Shear: 49.27 m/s