MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.18,-96.97 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 968 384 26.7 20.6 69 6.1 22.3 118 12 302.7 305.6 296.6 350.0 15.99 2 950 547 24.7 19.9 75 4.8 21.2 124 17 302.2 305.1 296.2 348.1 15.55 3 900 1022 23.0 17.9 73 5.1 19.4 156 23 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.4 14.46 4 850 1519 19.7 16.3 80 3.5 17.4 172 25 306.8 309.4 296.3 348.5 13.84 5 800 2040 16.5 13.5 82 3.0 14.6 185 21 308.8 311.1 295.7 346.1 12.29 6 750 2589 15.0 7.8 62 7.2 10.5 208 16 312.9 314.6 294.4 340.5 8.92 7 700 3171 12.6 3.3 53 9.3 7.1 241 16 316.4 317.7 293.9 338.3 6.93 8 650 3789 8.0 0.4 59 7.6 3.8 270 14 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.3 6.06 9 600 4443 2.6 -2.0 72 4.6 0.2 284 18 319.1 320.2 293.6 336.9 5.52 10 550 5141 -3.0 -4.9 86 2.0 -3.9 295 22 320.6 321.5 293.4 336.2 4.82 11 500 5888 -8.3 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.1 293 27 323.0 323.5 292.3 332.4 2.81 12 450 6699 -12.9 -20.3 54 7.4 -15.2 269 32 327.0 327.4 292.5 332.9 1.69 13 400 7587 -18.8 -26.4 51 7.6 -20.7 269 34 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.5 1.10 14 350 8567 -26.0 -33.9 47 7.9 -27.3 249 33 333.7 333.9 293.3 336.1 0.62 15 300 9666 -33.5 -46.0 27 12.5 -34.7 219 35 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.21 16 250 10920 -42.5 -44.9 77 2.4 -42.8 171 37 342.8 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.28 17 200 12387 -54.8 -58.8 61 4.0 -54.9 155 36 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14173 -65.2 -72.1 38 6.8 -65.3 196 27 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16651 -62.4 -83.3 5 20.8 -62.7 202 7 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.22 m Freezing level: 576.52 mb = 4770.74 m = 15651.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.62 mb = 4475.19 m = 14682.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.41 mb = 1163.92 m = 3818.60 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2106.35 m = 6910.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 34.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.28 mb = 1485.31 m = 4872.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.28 mb = 4066.59 m = 13341.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.28 mb = 12761.68 m = 41868.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1239.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.28 mb = 15624.64 m = 51261.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 230.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 133.20 m/s