MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.81,-101.55 Latitude: 39.81 Longitude: -101.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 543 SFC 901 1010 31.2 11.7 30 19.5 18.2 159 10 313.6 315.4 295.1 343.5 9.65 3 900 1021 31.0 10.6 28 20.4 17.6 161 11 313.5 315.2 294.6 341.2 8.93 4 850 1528 26.1 9.2 34 17.0 15.3 169 14 313.5 315.2 294.4 340.3 8.60 5 800 2057 21.0 8.4 44 12.7 13.0 177 13 313.6 315.2 294.4 340.5 8.66 6 750 2611 15.7 7.5 58 8.2 10.6 185 13 313.6 315.3 294.5 340.7 8.70 7 700 3192 10.2 6.3 77 3.9 7.8 198 12 313.8 315.5 294.4 340.6 8.59 8 650 3807 8.6 -9.1 27 17.7 0.5 303 13 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.4 2.94 9 600 4463 4.2 -16.2 21 20.4 -3.7 304 20 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.1 1.79 10 550 5163 -0.7 -19.0 24 18.3 -7.2 303 25 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.55 11 500 5917 -5.8 -19.5 33 13.7 -10.4 302 27 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.7 1.63 12 450 6733 -12.2 -21.2 47 9.0 -15.0 294 31 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.4 1.57 13 400 7620 -19.8 -25.4 61 5.6 -21.2 285 34 329.2 329.5 292.7 333.6 1.21 14 350 8596 -26.5 -39.9 27 13.4 -28.3 290 33 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.34 15 300 9694 -33.9 -46.8 26 12.9 -35.1 298 32 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 16 250 10942 -44.4 -51.0 48 6.6 -44.8 294 38 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.14 17 200 12399 -55.1 -59.2 60 4.1 -55.2 294 45 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14188 -64.3 -70.9 40 6.6 -64.4 294 43 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16680 -61.6 -84.9 3 23.4 -61.8 277 7 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.12 m Freezing level: 556.88 mb = 5066.92 m = 16623.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.21 mb = 3879.97 m = 12729.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.32 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.89 mb = 3445.78 m = 11304.91 ft T: 9.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.60 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.07 mb = 4447.90 m = 14592.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.03 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.89 C Cross Totals Index: 14.93 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.09 mb = 3628.65 m = 11904.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 469.09 mb = 6411.13 m = 21033.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.09 mb = 10437.96 m = 34244.87 ft B at Equ Level: 174.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.09 mb = 12747.83 m = 41823.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 91.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 95.68 m/s