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: 39.81,-98.26 Latitude: 39.81 Longitude: -98.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 953 508 32.5 18.5 44 14.0 22.5 113 12 309.8 312.5 297.3 353.0 14.16 2 950 537 30.9 17.6 45 13.3 21.5 116 14 308.5 311.1 296.5 349.3 13.46 3 900 1017 25.8 16.4 56 9.4 19.3 126 16 308.1 310.6 296.2 347.9 13.15 4 850 1517 21.1 15.4 70 5.7 17.2 135 15 308.3 310.7 296.1 347.8 13.08 5 800 2039 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 14.8 142 15 308.6 311.0 296.0 347.3 12.75 6 750 2588 15.4 8.0 61 7.4 10.7 165 7 313.3 315.0 294.6 341.3 9.02 7 700 3172 12.9 0.5 43 12.4 6.0 310 2 316.7 317.8 293.0 334.8 5.69 8 650 3788 7.7 -4.5 42 12.1 1.6 332 7 317.6 318.5 292.0 331.3 4.23 9 600 4442 2.6 -6.2 52 8.8 -1.6 302 15 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.1 4.00 10 550 5138 -2.9 -12.2 49 9.3 -6.7 280 22 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.7 2.72 11 500 5886 -8.2 -18.7 43 10.5 -11.7 273 30 323.0 323.4 291.5 329.0 1.75 12 450 6695 -13.8 -20.5 57 6.7 -15.8 273 34 325.9 326.3 292.2 331.7 1.67 13 400 7580 -19.6 -29.1 42 9.6 -21.7 266 32 329.6 329.7 292.4 332.7 0.86 14 350 8558 -26.4 -35.7 41 9.3 -27.9 252 31 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.0 0.52 15 300 9652 -35.1 -45.6 33 10.6 -36.1 234 31 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.21 16 250 10896 -44.7 -55.2 30 10.4 -45.2 213 35 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12351 -55.7 -62.3 44 6.6 -55.9 186 42 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14142 -61.7 -73.6 19 11.9 -61.9 227 37 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16643 -61.8 -83.5 4 21.8 -62.0 227 6 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.48 m Freezing level: 576.48 mb = 4769.48 m = 15647.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.15 mb = 4106.62 m = 13473.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.63 mb = 2269.43 m = 7445.55 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 21.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3211.26 m = 10535.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.33 C = 102.80 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 32.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1515.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.67 mb = 2214.55 m = 7265.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.67 mb = 3931.91 m = 12899.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.67 mb = 12714.14 m = 41712.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1511.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.67 mb = 15587.39 m = 51139.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -17.1 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 13.70 Bulk Shear: 110.56 m/s