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: 39.88,-97.97 Latitude: 39.88 Longitude: -97.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 955 489 28.8 21.0 63 7.8 23.2 116 12 305.9 309.0 297.8 355.8 16.63 2 950 538 28.4 20.2 61 8.2 22.5 119 16 306.0 308.9 297.4 353.6 15.87 3 900 1016 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.2 131 21 306.2 309.1 297.0 351.9 15.21 4 850 1515 21.2 16.7 76 4.4 18.1 162 21 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.5 14.25 5 800 2039 18.7 13.7 73 5.0 15.3 195 18 311.1 313.4 296.4 349.1 12.42 6 750 2592 17.6 3.6 39 13.9 9.3 263 3 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.6 6.63 7 700 3177 13.3 -3.5 31 16.8 4.6 69 3 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.8 4.23 8 650 3794 7.8 -7.8 32 15.6 0.5 43 6 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.5 3.27 9 600 4447 2.0 -6.1 55 8.1 -1.9 313 10 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.6 4.04 10 550 5142 -3.4 -13.4 46 10.0 -7.4 281 19 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.2 2.46 11 500 5888 -8.7 -18.6 45 9.9 -12.0 278 30 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.4 1.76 12 450 6696 -13.7 -36.9 12 23.2 -18.1 293 27 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.3 0.36 13 400 7580 -20.0 -43.8 10 23.8 -23.3 291 28 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 14 350 8557 -26.5 -42.2 21 15.6 -28.5 269 31 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.27 15 300 9650 -35.0 -50.4 19 15.4 -36.2 248 33 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.13 16 250 10897 -44.2 -56.4 25 12.1 -44.8 217 40 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12358 -55.0 -63.2 36 8.2 -55.2 186 51 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14154 -62.7 -74.0 20 11.3 -62.8 214 28 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16642 -61.7 -83.6 4 21.9 -61.9 236 10 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.53 m Freezing level: 581.33 mb = 4706.60 m = 15441.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3925.96 m = 12880.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.44 mb = 1479.43 m = 4853.72 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.11 C/km ThetaE index: 27.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2911.84 m = 9553.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.62 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2206.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.77 mb = 1733.38 m = 5686.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.77 mb = 3745.96 m = 12289.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.77 mb = 13235.60 m = 43423.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2190.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: -31.7 tot: 165.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 19.00 Bulk Shear: 116.12 m/s