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: 38.90,-101.42 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -101.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 503 2 900 981 SFC 897 1009 31.6 14.7 36 16.9 19.9 20 18 314.4 316.7 296.8 351.1 11.82 4 850 1490 26.4 13.3 44 13.1 17.5 25 23 313.8 316.0 296.4 349.1 11.37 5 800 2020 21.4 12.3 56 9.1 15.3 29 21 314.0 316.1 296.4 349.0 11.31 6 750 2576 16.2 11.2 72 5.0 12.9 33 18 314.1 316.3 296.4 349.0 11.23 7 700 3158 11.0 9.5 91 1.4 10.0 33 15 314.6 316.7 296.2 348.0 10.75 8 650 3775 8.2 2.4 67 5.8 4.9 335 6 318.3 319.6 294.5 340.6 7.03 9 600 4433 5.5 -9.8 32 15.3 -1.4 257 14 322.5 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.02 10 550 5136 -0.7 -11.7 43 10.9 -5.4 256 17 323.2 323.8 292.4 332.7 2.84 11 500 5888 -7.2 -13.2 62 6.0 -9.6 260 24 324.2 324.8 292.7 333.5 2.76 12 450 6700 -13.1 -15.7 81 2.5 -14.0 269 33 326.7 327.2 293.2 335.3 2.51 13 400 7587 -19.1 -21.7 80 2.6 -19.9 265 39 330.1 330.4 293.3 336.0 1.68 14 350 8565 -26.9 -31.4 65 4.5 -27.7 267 44 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.4 0.79 15 300 9658 -35.0 -47.3 28 12.2 -36.1 266 49 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.18 16 250 10905 -44.4 -52.6 40 8.2 -44.9 267 57 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12366 -54.0 -56.5 73 2.6 -54.1 282 59 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.09 18 150 14166 -63.5 -72.7 28 9.2 -63.6 270 43 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16640 -63.5 -84.3 4 20.7 -63.7 258 4 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.81 m Freezing level: 555.97 mb = 5052.15 m = 16575.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.42 mb = 4277.98 m = 14035.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.96 mb = 3134.58 m = 10283.93 ft T: 11.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.56 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3341.24 m = 10961.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 45.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1456.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.06 mb = 3145.44 m = 10319.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.06 mb = 4762.05 m = 15623.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.06 mb = 12818.19 m = 42053.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1441.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.06 mb = 15731.68 m = 51612.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.6 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 334.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -10.8 tot: 52.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 17.29 Bulk Shear: 84.21 m/s