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: 39.92,-97.92 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 955 490 28.4 21.1 64 7.4 23.0 118 12 305.6 308.7 297.8 355.5 16.67 2 950 539 28.0 20.3 63 7.7 22.4 121 15 305.6 308.6 297.3 353.3 15.93 3 900 1016 23.6 18.8 74 4.9 20.2 132 20 305.9 308.7 297.0 351.8 15.32 4 850 1515 20.9 16.8 78 4.1 18.1 164 21 308.1 310.7 297.0 351.4 14.34 5 800 2039 18.7 13.5 72 5.2 15.2 196 17 311.1 313.4 296.4 348.7 12.29 6 750 2592 17.5 3.6 40 13.9 9.3 264 3 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.5 6.64 7 700 3177 13.2 -3.3 31 16.6 4.6 74 3 317.1 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.28 8 650 3794 7.8 -8.0 32 15.8 0.4 42 6 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.21 9 600 4447 2.0 -6.3 54 8.3 -1.9 313 10 318.5 319.3 292.1 331.4 3.99 10 550 5142 -3.4 -13.6 45 10.2 -7.4 281 19 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.2 2.43 11 500 5888 -8.7 -18.8 44 10.2 -12.1 278 30 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.4 1.73 12 450 6696 -13.7 -37.9 11 24.3 -18.1 295 26 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.32 13 400 7580 -20.1 -43.6 10 23.6 -23.4 293 27 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 14 350 8557 -26.6 -42.2 22 15.6 -28.6 270 30 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.27 15 300 9650 -35.1 -50.1 20 15.1 -36.2 250 34 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 16 250 10897 -44.2 -56.2 25 11.9 -44.8 218 40 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.08 17 200 12357 -54.9 -63.1 36 8.2 -55.1 187 52 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14154 -62.8 -73.9 21 11.1 -62.9 215 29 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16642 -61.6 -83.6 4 22.0 -61.8 234 10 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.87 m Freezing level: 581.17 mb = 4708.63 m = 15448.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.83 mb = 3909.93 m = 12827.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.33 mb = 1429.90 m = 4691.23 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 27.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2888.99 m = 9478.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.45 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.51 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 534.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2173.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.19 mb = 1677.19 m = 5502.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.19 mb = 3677.16 m = 12064.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.19 mb = 13043.25 m = 42792.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2173.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 284.0 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): -19.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.8 neg: -32.2 tot: 158.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.51 Bulk Rich Number: 19.53 Bulk Shear: 111.33 m/s