MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.47,-101.50 Latitude: 39.47 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 542 2 900 1014 SFC 896 1055 27.4 12.0 38 15.4 17.2 201 4 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.4 9.90 4 850 1516 22.5 10.5 46 12.0 14.8 181 7 309.7 311.5 294.0 338.5 9.41 5 800 2040 17.5 9.7 60 7.8 12.5 187 7 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.7 9.47 6 750 2587 12.7 8.2 74 4.5 9.9 226 6 310.4 312.1 293.9 338.4 9.14 7 700 3163 8.1 3.4 72 4.7 5.4 287 5 311.4 312.8 292.6 333.2 7.00 8 650 3771 3.9 -2.1 65 6.0 0.8 280 1 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.4 5.06 9 600 4417 -1.1 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.8 302 1 314.8 315.7 291.5 329.3 4.55 10 550 5106 -5.2 -6.5 91 1.3 -5.8 299 3 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.8 4.29 11 500 5851 -8.3 -9.4 92 1.1 -8.8 278 9 322.9 323.7 293.2 335.3 3.74 12 450 6664 -12.3 -13.4 91 1.1 -12.8 267 18 327.8 328.4 293.8 338.0 3.02 13 400 7555 -17.6 -18.3 94 0.7 -17.8 274 27 332.1 332.6 294.3 340.0 2.26 14 350 8541 -24.2 -24.5 97 0.3 -24.2 280 33 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.6 1.51 15 300 9650 -31.2 -31.5 97 0.3 -31.3 286 43 341.4 341.6 295.5 344.9 0.91 16 250 10914 -41.5 -42.3 91 0.8 -41.5 295 55 344.4 344.5 295.7 345.9 0.37 17 200 12390 -52.7 -58.7 48 6.0 -52.9 296 74 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14208 -60.1 -78.4 7 18.3 -60.3 302 42 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.7 -82.4 12 13.6 -68.8 292 25 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.78 m Freezing level: 611.33 mb = 4270.73 m = 14011.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3916.16 m = 12848.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.31 mb = 2982.72 m = 9785.72 ft T: 9.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.92 mb = 3223.21 m = 10574.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.53 mb = 3015.28 m = 9892.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.53 mb = 3553.09 m = 11656.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.53 mb = 6876.24 m = 22559.57 ft B at Equ Level: 153.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.53 mb = 9471.77 m = 31075.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 21.77 Bulk Shear: 7.08 m/s