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: 39.38,-101.34 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -101.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 526 2 900 998 SFC 898 1017 25.8 15.9 55 9.8 19.0 15 22 308.2 310.6 296.0 347.0 12.79 4 850 1497 20.8 14.6 67 6.2 16.6 20 35 308.0 310.3 295.6 345.4 12.37 5 800 2020 18.1 13.7 75 4.4 15.1 33 23 310.4 312.8 296.3 348.3 12.41 6 750 2571 14.6 12.0 84 2.7 12.9 61 13 312.5 314.7 296.4 348.9 11.83 7 700 3152 10.3 9.7 96 0.7 9.9 90 8 313.9 316.0 296.1 347.6 10.84 8 650 3767 8.0 3.4 73 4.5 5.3 238 8 318.0 319.4 294.8 341.9 7.55 9 600 4423 4.7 -6.3 45 11.0 -0.7 249 23 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.6 3.99 10 550 5125 -1.3 -9.2 55 8.0 -4.8 250 29 322.6 323.3 292.8 334.0 3.46 11 500 5876 -7.5 -11.9 71 4.4 -9.3 259 35 323.9 324.5 292.8 334.1 3.06 12 450 6687 -13.3 -15.2 86 1.9 -14.0 262 42 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.3 2.60 13 400 7573 -19.7 -21.4 86 1.7 -20.1 262 47 329.4 329.8 293.2 335.5 1.73 14 350 8550 -27.0 -29.9 77 2.9 -27.6 266 50 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.6 0.91 15 300 9643 -34.9 -40.0 59 5.2 -35.5 267 50 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.7 0.39 16 250 10891 -43.9 -46.6 75 2.7 -44.1 271 52 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.23 17 200 12353 -54.5 -55.3 91 0.8 -54.5 279 51 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.11 18 150 14148 -62.5 -71.2 30 8.7 -62.6 264 44 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.02 19 100 16641 -62.4 -84.5 4 22.1 -62.7 235 4 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.70 m Freezing level: 560.64 mb = 4975.76 m = 16324.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.72 mb = 4345.60 m = 14257.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.80 mb = 2260.08 m = 7414.87 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2901.67 m = 9519.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 42.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1055.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.61 mb = 2361.51 m = 7747.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.61 mb = 4786.11 m = 15702.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.61 mb = 12235.69 m = 40142.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1055.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.61 mb = 15337.32 m = 50318.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.2 neg: -42.3 tot: 330.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 226.97 m/s