MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38.30,-99.57 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 544 SFC 936 680 32.8 16.1 37 16.7 21.1 195 4 311.8 314.2 296.6 349.8 12.38 3 900 1027 28.5 14.4 42 14.2 18.9 209 5 310.9 313.1 295.8 346.2 11.53 4 850 1531 23.7 13.4 53 10.3 16.7 224 7 310.9 313.1 295.7 346.0 11.45 5 800 2057 18.7 12.3 67 6.3 14.4 236 8 311.0 313.2 295.7 345.8 11.33 6 750 2607 13.5 11.0 85 2.5 11.9 250 10 311.2 313.3 295.6 345.2 11.07 7 700 3184 8.7 8.0 95 0.7 8.3 272 13 312.1 314.0 294.8 342.0 9.67 8 650 3794 3.7 3.0 95 0.8 3.3 295 17 313.2 314.6 293.3 336.0 7.31 9 600 4440 1.0 -19.0 21 19.9 -6.0 316 17 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.1 1.42 10 550 5135 -2.5 -22.9 19 20.3 -8.9 316 16 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.11 11 500 5883 -7.7 -27.3 19 19.6 -12.9 315 18 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.5 0.81 12 450 6692 -13.7 -33.8 17 20.1 -17.9 325 22 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.49 13 400 7577 -19.5 -42.1 12 22.5 -22.9 307 20 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.24 14 350 8553 -27.8 -41.7 25 14.0 -29.5 292 23 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 15 300 9642 -35.1 -51.9 16 16.8 -36.4 289 34 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10887 -44.4 -57.0 23 12.6 -45.0 291 48 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.07 17 200 12354 -52.8 -67.6 15 14.8 -53.1 291 73 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14170 -62.3 -78.6 10 16.3 -62.4 305 54 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16636 -68.0 -82.9 10 14.9 -68.1 301 33 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.14 m Freezing level: 586.11 mb = 4632.79 m = 15199.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.17 mb = 4018.09 m = 13182.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.81 mb = 2778.26 m = 9114.91 ft T: 12.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 27.79 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2877.22 m = 9439.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 44.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.24 mb = 2807.56 m = 9211.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.24 mb = 2980.82 m = 9779.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.24 mb = 12120.33 m = 39764.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1298.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.24 mb = 15668.83 m = 51406.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 47.89 Bulk Shear: 27.40 m/s