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,-100.97 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 480 SFC 901 946 30.6 15.2 39 15.4 19.9 201 14 313.0 315.3 296.7 350.5 12.18 3 900 957 30.2 15.2 40 15.0 19.8 198 13 312.6 314.9 296.7 350.1 12.17 4 850 1466 27.1 12.2 40 14.9 17.1 189 18 314.5 316.6 296.1 347.4 10.57 5 800 2000 23.6 9.3 40 14.3 14.3 203 15 316.3 318.1 295.6 345.4 9.24 6 750 2560 19.4 6.8 44 12.6 11.5 235 14 317.7 319.3 295.3 343.9 8.30 7 700 3150 14.4 4.8 52 9.7 8.6 267 17 318.5 320.0 295.0 343.0 7.71 8 650 3771 8.9 2.4 63 6.6 5.1 288 20 319.1 320.4 294.7 341.4 6.99 9 600 4429 3.8 -1.3 69 5.1 1.0 297 24 320.5 321.6 294.1 339.2 5.80 10 550 5131 -0.8 -5.7 69 4.9 -3.2 296 27 323.1 324.0 293.9 338.1 4.54 11 500 5884 -6.2 -12.1 63 5.9 -8.6 292 25 325.5 326.1 293.2 335.7 3.03 12 450 6699 -12.0 -18.4 59 6.4 -14.2 309 22 328.1 328.5 293.0 335.0 1.99 13 400 7587 -18.7 -21.5 78 2.8 -19.6 318 16 330.7 331.0 293.5 336.7 1.71 14 350 8571 -24.2 -26.9 79 2.6 -24.9 318 8 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.5 1.21 15 300 9676 -32.1 -34.0 83 1.9 -32.4 320 5 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.9 0.72 16 250 10936 -42.0 -42.3 97 0.3 -42.1 213 3 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.1 0.37 17 200 12407 -53.9 -54.0 99 0.1 -53.9 212 17 347.4 347.4 296.2 347.9 0.12 18 150 14198 -66.7 -67.2 94 0.5 -66.7 208 41 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.4 0.03 19 100 16659 -61.8 -84.7 3 22.9 -62.0 323 11 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.30 m Freezing level: 558.62 mb = 5009.64 m = 16435.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.96 mb = 4592.23 m = 15066.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.49 % Est. max temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.86 mb = 2898.85 m = 9510.55 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.99 mb = 3872.60 m = 12705.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.18 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.29 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.07 mb = 3330.28 m = 10925.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.07 mb = 4427.70 m = 14526.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.07 mb = 12404.53 m = 40696.77 ft B at Equ Level: 712.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.07 mb = 15063.10 m = 49419.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -4.7 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 79.85 m/s