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: 40.09,-97.92 Latitude: 40.09 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 501 SFC 950 502 30.2 20.4 56 9.7 23.1 21 15 307.8 310.8 298.0 356.6 16.13 3 900 983 26.7 18.1 59 8.6 20.6 38 23 309.0 311.8 297.4 353.7 14.72 4 850 1486 23.6 16.0 63 7.6 18.3 69 16 310.9 313.5 297.2 352.5 13.61 5 800 2014 20.3 13.4 65 6.9 15.6 123 13 312.8 315.1 296.7 350.3 12.18 6 750 2569 16.2 11.1 72 5.1 12.9 165 18 314.2 316.4 296.4 348.9 11.17 7 700 3152 11.2 9.2 87 2.0 9.9 177 21 314.9 316.9 296.1 347.5 10.49 8 650 3768 9.1 -0.1 53 9.2 4.0 228 27 319.2 320.4 293.8 338.0 5.84 9 600 4426 4.2 -4.9 51 9.1 -0.4 248 26 321.0 321.8 293.2 335.4 4.42 10 550 5127 -1.6 -10.7 50 9.1 -5.5 264 28 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.5 3.08 11 500 5877 -7.8 -12.1 71 4.3 -9.6 261 37 323.5 324.1 292.7 333.6 3.01 12 450 6688 -13.1 -22.9 44 9.8 -15.9 252 44 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.5 1.35 13 400 7574 -19.3 -31.7 33 12.3 -21.9 251 42 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.67 14 350 8554 -25.8 -35.8 38 10.1 -27.4 248 37 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.51 15 300 9652 -33.9 -47.6 24 13.7 -35.1 244 37 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.17 16 250 10901 -44.3 -53.4 36 9.1 -44.7 231 36 340.2 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.11 17 200 12359 -55.2 -61.5 45 6.4 -55.3 228 41 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14150 -64.5 -71.7 36 7.2 -64.6 249 39 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16645 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.7 243 16 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.58 m Freezing level: 563.67 mb = 4935.21 m = 16191.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.44 mb = 4365.50 m = 14322.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.12 % Est. max temperature: 35.06 C = 95.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.27 mb = 1743.35 m = 5719.57 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 24.11 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.38 mb = 2700.47 m = 8859.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.95 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 45.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2281.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.40 mb = 2085.23 m = 6841.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.40 mb = 3050.76 m = 10008.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 658.40 mb = 3661.35 m = 12012.16 ft B at Equ Level: 16.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 449.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 447.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 9.59 Bulk Shear: 237.84 m/s