MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.44,-101.42 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -101.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 522 SFC 905 954 28.6 15.6 45 13.0 19.6 128 11 310.6 312.9 296.3 348.5 12.42 3 900 999 28.5 15.1 44 13.4 19.2 129 13 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.7 12.04 4 850 1503 23.8 13.6 53 10.2 16.9 138 14 311.1 313.3 295.9 346.7 11.59 5 800 2029 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.6 152 11 311.4 313.6 295.8 346.3 11.38 6 750 2580 14.0 10.9 82 3.1 12.0 172 8 311.8 313.8 295.6 345.5 10.97 7 700 3160 10.8 2.4 56 8.4 6.1 258 3 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.9 6.51 8 650 3773 6.5 -2.5 52 9.0 1.9 326 5 316.4 317.3 292.3 332.0 4.90 9 600 4425 1.9 -6.5 54 8.4 -2.0 316 11 318.4 319.1 292.0 331.1 3.93 10 550 5120 -2.6 -11.5 51 8.8 -6.3 303 17 321.0 321.5 291.9 330.6 2.89 11 500 5871 -6.8 -18.3 40 11.4 -10.8 305 22 324.7 325.0 292.0 330.9 1.81 12 450 6684 -12.4 -21.5 46 9.1 -15.2 313 24 327.7 328.0 292.5 333.0 1.52 13 400 7572 -19.6 -22.3 79 2.7 -20.4 318 33 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.59 14 350 8549 -26.7 -27.1 96 0.4 -26.8 317 41 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.0 1.18 15 300 9649 -32.3 -32.4 100 0.0 -32.3 269 33 339.8 340.0 295.0 343.0 0.84 16 250 10912 -40.8 -41.5 93 0.7 -40.9 269 41 345.4 345.4 296.0 346.9 0.40 17 200 12393 -51.8 -55.6 64 3.8 -52.0 270 84 350.7 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.10 18 150 14211 -62.0 -72.0 25 10.0 -62.1 281 57 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.02 19 100 16650 -69.8 -81.6 16 11.8 -69.8 297 23 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.15 m Freezing level: 578.67 mb = 4721.36 m = 15489.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.87 mb = 4080.95 m = 13388.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.14 mb = 2601.05 m = 8533.53 ft T: 13.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3166.44 m = 10388.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.62 mb = 2777.02 m = 9110.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.62 mb = 3676.47 m = 12061.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.62 mb = 10975.28 m = 36007.70 ft B at Equ Level: 824.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.62 mb = 14729.36 m = 48324.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -5.2 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.61 Bulk Shear: 95.98 m/s