MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 36.99,-101.87 Latitude: 36.99 Longitude: -101.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 473 2 900 952 SFC 888 1079 36.2 9.8 20 26.5 18.7 75 6 320.1 321.8 296.1 347.5 8.57 4 850 1469 31.9 8.5 23 23.4 16.7 86 7 319.6 321.2 295.7 345.8 8.23 5 800 2008 26.7 7.5 30 19.2 14.4 101 6 319.7 321.2 295.7 345.6 8.16 6 750 2572 21.5 5.7 36 15.8 11.7 117 5 319.9 321.4 295.4 344.5 7.68 7 700 3165 16.5 2.4 39 14.1 8.2 176 3 320.8 322.1 294.7 341.8 6.53 8 650 3791 12.3 -6.2 27 18.5 3.0 264 6 322.9 323.7 293.1 335.2 3.71 9 600 4454 6.3 -6.8 39 13.1 -0.1 270 12 323.4 324.2 293.3 336.2 3.84 10 550 5160 0.1 -8.6 52 8.7 -3.8 280 19 324.3 325.0 293.4 336.4 3.64 11 500 5914 -6.4 -12.3 63 5.9 -8.8 293 22 325.2 325.8 293.1 335.2 2.97 12 450 6729 -12.7 -18.4 62 5.7 -14.6 307 32 327.3 327.7 292.8 334.1 1.99 13 400 7617 -18.6 -23.9 63 5.4 -20.0 297 22 330.9 331.1 293.3 335.8 1.38 14 350 8599 -25.5 -29.8 67 4.3 -26.4 290 23 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.8 0.92 15 300 9699 -33.6 -37.6 67 4.1 -34.1 283 31 338.1 338.2 294.3 340.0 0.50 16 250 10950 -44.0 -47.3 70 3.2 -44.3 281 36 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.22 17 200 12408 -55.3 -58.1 71 2.7 -55.4 276 42 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.08 18 150 14200 -65.2 -68.9 59 3.8 -65.3 287 24 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16667 -62.5 -83.9 4 21.4 -62.7 355 9 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.98 m Freezing level: 548.86 mb = 5176.97 m = 16984.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4432.61 m = 14542.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.74 % Est. max temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.51 mb = 4378.45 m = 14364.81 ft T: 7.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 12.27 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 571.19 mb = 4853.20 m = 15922.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.91 C = 103.84 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.35 C Cross Totals Index: 14.93 C K Index: 32.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 753.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 603.87 mb = 4401.02 m = 14438.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.87 mb = 5321.69 m = 17459.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.87 mb = 12443.26 m = 40823.85 ft B at Equ Level: 753.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.87 mb = 15123.91 m = 49618.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.96 Bulk Shear: 50.40 m/s