MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38.40,-97.52 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 962 450 29.0 18.6 53 10.4 21.7 199 8 305.5 308.2 296.2 348.0 14.18 2 950 561 29.0 16.5 47 12.5 20.4 202 12 306.7 309.0 295.4 344.3 12.53 3 900 1040 24.6 15.2 56 9.4 18.2 214 12 306.9 309.1 295.1 343.6 12.18 4 850 1538 20.2 14.0 67 6.3 16.0 236 10 307.4 309.6 295.1 343.2 11.88 5 800 2058 15.9 12.5 80 3.5 13.6 283 11 308.1 310.3 295.0 342.7 11.43 6 750 2603 11.6 9.1 84 2.5 10.0 309 14 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.9 9.73 7 700 3177 7.4 3.9 78 3.6 5.4 321 19 310.7 312.1 292.6 333.1 7.24 8 650 3783 2.7 -2.9 67 5.6 -0.1 326 26 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.74 9 600 4426 -1.1 -15.8 32 14.7 -6.4 327 29 314.8 315.2 289.0 321.0 1.86 10 550 5115 -4.0 -33.4 8 29.3 -10.9 324 31 319.3 319.4 289.0 320.8 0.42 11 500 5860 -8.8 -39.2 6 30.4 -14.6 325 32 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.25 12 450 6668 -13.1 -43.8 6 30.7 -18.0 328 35 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 13 400 7557 -18.1 -45.3 7 27.2 -22.0 321 42 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 14 350 8538 -26.3 -48.1 11 21.8 -28.6 317 41 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.14 15 300 9634 -34.0 -56.1 9 22.1 -35.4 312 48 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.06 16 250 10885 -43.3 -60.2 14 17.0 -44.0 305 60 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 17 200 12355 -53.1 -63.9 26 10.7 -53.4 302 73 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14165 -62.2 -76.8 13 14.6 -62.4 304 56 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16632 -66.2 -82.8 8 16.6 -66.3 333 29 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.52 m Freezing level: 614.74 mb = 4236.24 m = 13898.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.88 mb = 3772.09 m = 12375.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.16 mb = 1771.53 m = 5812.04 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 27.22 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2435.72 m = 7991.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.81 mb = 2187.83 m = 7177.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.81 mb = 2683.59 m = 8804.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.81 mb = 11354.30 m = 37251.20 ft B at Equ Level: 821.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.81 mb = 14463.63 m = 47452.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 8.02 Bulk Shear: 103.37 m/s