MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 6Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.84,-98.79 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -98.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 501 SFC 943 568 27.0 18.3 59 8.8 20.9 179 11 305.3 307.9 296.1 347.6 14.14 3 900 980 28.7 15.5 45 13.2 19.6 199 35 311.1 313.4 296.4 349.2 12.43 4 850 1489 27.9 11.7 37 16.2 17.1 213 34 315.4 317.3 296.0 347.3 10.22 5 800 2024 24.6 8.4 36 16.2 14.2 231 25 317.4 319.1 295.4 344.7 8.67 6 750 2585 21.0 3.9 32 17.1 10.7 271 19 319.4 320.7 294.6 341.1 6.78 7 700 3177 16.0 0.5 35 15.5 7.2 295 21 320.2 321.3 293.9 338.5 5.67 8 650 3800 10.3 -3.1 39 13.4 3.2 303 23 320.6 321.5 293.3 335.8 4.68 9 600 4458 4.4 -8.6 38 13.0 -1.6 307 24 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.2 3.32 10 550 5159 -0.8 -12.4 41 11.5 -5.6 303 39 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.1 2.69 11 500 5912 -6.3 -16.2 45 9.9 -9.9 312 44 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.7 2.16 12 450 6729 -11.3 -22.5 39 11.2 -14.7 331 19 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.40 13 400 7621 -18.4 -23.2 66 4.8 -19.7 314 15 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.3 1.48 14 350 8603 -25.4 -31.0 59 5.6 -26.5 311 19 334.5 334.7 293.7 337.6 0.82 15 300 9702 -34.0 -38.7 62 4.7 -34.6 330 17 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.2 0.45 16 250 10952 -43.9 -49.6 53 5.8 -44.2 339 10 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.17 17 200 12411 -55.6 -56.8 86 1.2 -55.6 53 16 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.09 18 150 14187 -67.0 -68.9 77 1.9 -67.0 59 9 354.7 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.02 19 100 16665 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.4 211 12 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.67 m Freezing level: 557.91 mb = 5048.40 m = 16562.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4232.82 m = 13887.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.15 % Est. max temperature: 39.21 C = 102.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.68 mb = 1702.46 m = 5585.43 ft T: 26.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.34 mb = 3820.70 m = 12534.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.08 C = 107.75 F Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.89 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 507.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.56 mb = 2752.00 m = 9028.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.56 mb = 4723.63 m = 15497.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.56 mb = 13042.05 m = 42788.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1124.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.56 mb = 16051.57 m = 52661.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.8 neg: -0.8 tot: 337.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.31 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 186.51 m/s