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: 40.37,-97.75 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 951 506 27.6 20.5 65 7.0 22.5 17 15 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.5 16.19 2 950 512 27.8 20.3 64 7.5 22.4 19 16 305.4 308.3 297.3 353.2 16.00 3 900 990 24.4 18.6 70 5.8 20.3 32 22 306.7 309.5 297.1 352.3 15.17 4 850 1489 21.7 16.6 73 5.1 18.1 67 14 308.8 311.5 297.0 351.6 14.10 5 800 2014 18.3 15.0 81 3.3 16.0 118 11 310.6 313.2 297.0 351.9 13.50 6 750 2565 14.8 13.1 89 1.7 13.6 161 16 312.6 315.0 297.0 351.8 12.71 7 700 3147 10.9 9.6 92 1.2 10.1 188 25 314.5 316.6 296.2 348.2 10.82 8 650 3763 8.8 0.4 56 8.4 4.1 232 27 318.9 320.1 293.9 338.4 6.07 9 600 4421 4.0 -4.7 53 8.7 -0.4 256 25 320.7 321.6 293.2 335.3 4.48 10 550 5121 -1.6 -10.3 51 8.7 -5.4 263 30 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.7 3.17 11 500 5871 -7.9 -12.8 68 4.9 -9.8 259 38 323.5 324.0 292.6 333.1 2.86 12 450 6681 -13.4 -21.0 53 7.6 -15.7 255 45 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.8 1.59 13 400 7567 -19.2 -30.6 36 11.4 -21.6 250 44 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.8 0.75 14 350 8548 -25.5 -35.7 38 10.3 -27.2 245 38 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.52 15 300 9648 -33.7 -47.4 24 13.7 -35.0 240 37 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 16 250 10898 -44.1 -53.6 34 9.6 -44.6 228 37 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.10 17 200 12356 -55.3 -61.1 48 5.9 -55.4 223 41 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14146 -64.3 -71.6 36 7.3 -64.3 244 38 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16645 -62.4 -83.7 4 21.4 -62.6 242 16 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.78 m Freezing level: 564.31 mb = 4920.53 m = 16143.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.33 mb = 4361.69 m = 14309.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.23 mb = 1405.26 m = 4610.36 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.77 mb = 2365.35 m = 7760.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.28 C = 93.71 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 44.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1957.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.87 mb = 1759.65 m = 5773.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.87 mb = 3040.86 m = 9976.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.87 mb = 3525.31 m = 11565.84 ft B at Equ Level: 16.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.6 neg: -3.8 tot: 466.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.57 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 229.23 m/s