MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.41,-98.93 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -98.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 463 SFC 942 543 45.3 6.5 10 38.8 20.2 207 9 324.0 325.3 295.5 345.0 6.45 3 900 963 39.3 5.1 12 34.2 17.8 214 12 322.0 323.2 294.8 341.8 6.11 4 850 1483 34.2 4.2 15 29.9 15.7 222 12 321.9 323.1 294.7 341.7 6.10 5 800 2026 28.9 3.2 19 25.7 13.3 229 13 322.0 323.1 294.7 341.5 6.02 6 750 2593 23.5 2.1 25 21.3 10.8 234 13 322.0 323.2 294.7 341.4 5.96 7 700 3189 17.8 0.9 32 16.9 8.0 239 13 322.2 323.3 294.6 341.1 5.83 8 650 3815 11.8 -0.6 42 12.4 4.9 247 13 322.3 323.4 294.5 340.7 5.63 9 600 4478 5.6 -2.6 55 8.3 1.3 261 13 322.6 323.7 294.3 339.8 5.26 10 550 5182 -0.5 -6.6 64 6.1 -3.4 281 17 323.5 324.3 293.7 337.5 4.25 11 500 5935 -6.8 -12.2 65 5.4 -9.1 277 21 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.8 2.99 12 450 6748 -12.8 -21.4 49 8.6 -15.4 273 22 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.5 1.54 13 400 7636 -18.7 -34.3 24 15.6 -21.7 277 21 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.7 0.52 14 350 8616 -26.0 -32.2 56 6.2 -27.2 275 22 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.3 0.73 15 300 9712 -34.5 -35.9 87 1.5 -34.7 277 22 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.0 0.59 16 250 10960 -44.6 -44.8 97 0.3 -44.6 277 28 339.8 339.9 294.6 340.9 0.28 17 200 12416 -54.9 -62.0 41 7.1 -55.0 278 24 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.05 18 150 14205 -66.0 -71.9 43 5.9 -66.0 261 25 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16655 -65.6 -83.2 7 17.6 -65.7 234 4 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5923.14 m Freezing level: 554.23 mb = 5122.18 m = 16804.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4659.64 m = 15287.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.38 % Est. max temperature: 43.36 C = 110.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.54 mb = 5304.34 m = 17402.47 ft T: -1.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.18 mb = 5353.47 m = 17563.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.12 C = 113.21 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 41.01 C Cross Totals Index: 11.08 C K Index: 28.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 407.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.91 mb = 5211.92 m = 17099.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 522.91 mb = 5581.11 m = 18310.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.91 mb = 11422.02 m = 37473.36 ft B at Equ Level: 405.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.91 mb = 14085.73 m = 46212.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 32.58 Bulk Shear: 12.51 m/s