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: 38.97,-101.60 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -101.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 511 2 900 987 SFC 893 1053 30.6 15.1 39 15.5 19.8 18 20 313.7 316.1 297.0 351.4 12.18 4 850 1495 25.6 13.8 48 11.8 17.5 23 27 313.0 315.2 296.4 349.2 11.75 5 800 2024 20.9 12.6 59 8.3 15.3 28 22 313.4 315.6 296.4 349.1 11.55 6 750 2579 15.9 11.4 75 4.5 12.9 33 18 313.8 316.0 296.4 349.0 11.37 7 700 3161 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.1 34 15 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.3 10.96 8 650 3776 7.5 3.5 76 4.0 5.2 338 7 317.5 318.9 294.7 341.5 7.59 9 600 4434 5.3 -9.0 35 14.3 -1.3 261 15 322.3 322.9 292.5 333.0 3.23 10 550 5137 -0.9 -10.6 48 9.7 -5.1 256 19 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.3 3.09 11 500 5888 -7.4 -11.9 71 4.4 -9.2 261 27 324.0 324.6 292.9 334.3 3.09 12 450 6699 -13.6 -14.4 93 0.8 -13.9 269 36 326.1 326.7 293.2 335.5 2.78 13 400 7585 -19.6 -20.1 96 0.5 -19.7 265 39 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.3 1.94 14 350 8562 -27.1 -29.6 79 2.5 -27.6 266 44 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.6 0.94 15 300 9653 -35.4 -43.9 41 8.5 -36.2 265 48 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.5 0.26 16 250 10899 -44.2 -50.7 48 6.5 -44.6 266 58 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.15 17 200 12362 -53.9 -55.3 85 1.4 -53.9 283 58 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.9 0.11 18 150 14162 -63.8 -70.5 40 6.7 -63.9 271 45 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16640 -62.9 -84.4 4 21.5 -63.1 263 3 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.60 m Freezing level: 557.29 mb = 5034.10 m = 16515.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.85 mb = 4300.13 m = 14107.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.26 mb = 3002.48 m = 9850.54 ft T: 12.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.03 mb = 3124.42 m = 10250.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 46.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1535.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.42 mb = 3012.49 m = 9883.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.42 mb = 3433.19 m = 11263.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 637.42 mb = 3936.90 m = 12916.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.42 mb = 4198.80 m = 13775.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 332.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: -14.1 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 105.99 m/s