MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.72,-96.42 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 967 400 21.8 18.4 81 3.4 19.5 140 8 297.8 300.3 293.9 338.2 13.92 2 950 555 21.6 16.1 71 5.5 17.9 143 16 299.1 301.3 293.0 334.7 12.20 3 900 1027 22.9 14.6 59 8.3 17.4 163 24 305.1 307.3 294.3 340.1 11.69 4 850 1524 20.0 15.3 74 4.7 16.8 188 25 307.1 309.5 295.7 346.1 12.93 5 800 2046 18.0 11.1 64 6.9 13.6 205 19 310.4 312.4 294.8 342.3 10.43 6 750 2596 15.3 7.2 58 8.1 10.3 215 12 313.2 314.8 294.2 339.6 8.51 7 700 3178 11.8 3.6 57 8.1 7.0 271 2 315.5 316.9 293.8 337.9 7.11 8 650 3794 7.2 -2.7 49 9.9 2.1 9 7 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.5 4.82 9 600 4446 2.3 -8.7 44 10.9 -2.7 332 12 318.7 319.4 291.6 329.6 3.31 10 550 5142 -2.8 -12.7 46 9.9 -6.8 300 20 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.62 11 500 5890 -8.0 -21.2 34 13.2 -12.1 304 26 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.2 1.41 12 450 6699 -14.0 -27.0 32 13.1 -17.2 311 25 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.0 0.93 13 400 7583 -19.9 -31.0 36 11.2 -22.2 299 27 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.72 14 350 8560 -26.7 -35.7 42 9.0 -28.1 281 32 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.52 15 300 9654 -34.7 -42.9 43 8.2 -35.5 254 36 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.29 16 250 10903 -43.2 -43.2 100 -0.0 -43.2 212 40 341.8 341.9 295.1 343.1 0.33 17 200 12370 -54.1 -54.2 100 0.0 -54.1 177 42 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14160 -65.1 -68.6 61 3.6 -65.1 209 38 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16656 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.7 194 14 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.93 m Freezing level: 577.58 mb = 4758.29 m = 15611.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.19 mb = 4071.86 m = 13358.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.87 mb = 836.34 m = 2743.87 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.14 mb = 3248.19 m = 10656.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.55 C = 103.20 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 482.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.15 mb = 1716.75 m = 5632.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.15 mb = 5342.38 m = 17527.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.15 mb = 9742.42 m = 31962.94 ft B at Equ Level: 194.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.15 mb = 11859.25 m = 38907.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.5 neg: -35.4 tot: 156.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 98.28 m/s