MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.43,-100.86 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 481 SFC 904 924 32.0 14.8 36 17.1 20.1 195 13 314.1 316.3 296.8 350.7 11.83 3 900 960 31.3 14.5 36 16.8 19.8 191 13 313.8 316.0 296.6 349.9 11.64 4 850 1470 27.8 11.7 37 16.1 17.1 187 18 315.3 317.2 296.0 347.2 10.23 5 800 2005 24.0 9.2 39 14.8 14.4 198 15 316.7 318.4 295.6 345.4 9.14 6 750 2565 19.5 7.0 44 12.5 11.6 225 13 317.7 319.3 295.3 344.3 8.40 7 700 3154 14.4 5.1 54 9.3 8.7 256 15 318.4 319.9 295.1 343.4 7.89 8 650 3776 9.2 2.1 61 7.1 5.1 286 17 319.4 320.7 294.7 341.4 6.88 9 600 4434 3.9 -1.1 70 5.0 1.2 298 22 320.6 321.8 294.3 339.7 5.90 10 550 5136 -1.0 -5.3 73 4.3 -3.1 298 26 322.9 323.8 293.9 338.3 4.70 11 500 5889 -6.3 -11.7 66 5.4 -8.5 296 25 325.4 326.0 293.3 335.9 3.13 12 450 6704 -12.0 -18.6 57 6.7 -14.2 311 22 328.2 328.6 293.0 335.0 1.95 13 400 7592 -18.6 -22.8 69 4.2 -19.8 318 17 330.8 331.1 293.4 336.2 1.52 14 350 8577 -24.2 -28.8 66 4.6 -25.2 319 10 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 1.02 15 300 9682 -32.2 -36.0 69 3.7 -32.7 320 7 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.59 16 250 10940 -42.4 -44.0 84 1.7 -42.5 292 3 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.31 17 200 12409 -54.3 -54.7 95 0.5 -54.3 237 11 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.3 0.11 18 150 14196 -66.7 -67.2 94 0.5 -66.7 224 39 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.3 0.03 19 100 16659 -61.9 -84.7 3 22.8 -62.1 322 11 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.87 m Freezing level: 560.21 mb = 4992.43 m = 16379.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.07 mb = 4623.39 m = 15168.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.51 % Est. max temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.24 mb = 3090.69 m = 10139.94 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.18 mb = 3978.24 m = 13051.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.50 C = 99.51 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 746.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.87 mb = 3460.90 m = 11354.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.87 mb = 4571.31 m = 14997.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.87 mb = 12731.69 m = 41770.12 ft B at Equ Level: 736.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.87 mb = 15071.84 m = 49447.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 76.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.38 Bulk Shear: 79.64 m/s