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: 40.39,-97.85 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -97.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 513 SFC 950 515 27.5 20.4 65 7.1 22.4 13 16 305.1 308.1 297.4 353.3 16.13 3 900 991 23.8 18.8 74 5.0 20.2 25 24 306.0 308.9 297.1 352.0 15.34 4 850 1489 21.4 16.6 74 4.8 18.0 60 16 308.5 311.2 296.9 351.2 14.09 5 800 2014 18.2 14.9 81 3.3 16.0 112 12 310.6 313.1 297.0 351.6 13.45 6 750 2565 14.7 13.1 90 1.6 13.6 157 17 312.5 314.9 297.0 351.8 12.76 7 700 3146 10.9 9.6 92 1.3 10.1 185 25 314.6 316.6 296.2 348.1 10.80 8 650 3763 8.9 -0.0 54 8.9 4.0 235 27 319.1 320.2 293.8 338.0 5.89 9 600 4420 3.9 -4.8 53 8.7 -0.4 257 24 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.2 4.47 10 550 5121 -1.6 -10.5 50 8.9 -5.4 262 30 322.2 322.8 292.4 332.6 3.12 11 500 5871 -7.9 -12.9 67 5.0 -9.8 257 38 323.5 324.0 292.5 333.0 2.84 12 450 6681 -13.6 -20.5 56 6.8 -15.7 254 44 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.9 1.67 13 400 7566 -19.2 -30.1 38 10.9 -21.6 249 43 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.78 14 350 8547 -25.5 -35.7 38 10.2 -27.2 244 39 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.3 0.52 15 300 9646 -33.7 -47.4 24 13.8 -34.9 240 38 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 16 250 10897 -44.1 -53.7 34 9.6 -44.6 230 38 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.10 17 200 12355 -55.2 -61.2 47 6.0 -55.4 226 42 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14145 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 242 38 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16646 -62.2 -83.7 4 21.5 -62.4 240 16 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.77 m Freezing level: 564.40 mb = 4918.86 m = 16137.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.04 mb = 4351.65 m = 14276.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.90 mb = 1418.72 m = 4654.52 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2323.65 m = 7623.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.14 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 44.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1930.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.12 mb = 1693.90 m = 5557.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.12 mb = 3084.95 m = 10121.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 675.12 mb = 3447.51 m = 11310.58 ft B at Equ Level: 14.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.12 mb = 16337.35 m = 53599.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.2 neg: -12.4 tot: 518.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.07 Bulk Shear: 239.05 m/s