MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 39.72,-99.89 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 530 SFC 930 717 24.2 18.4 70 5.7 20.1 93 10 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.5 14.48 3 900 1002 22.8 16.5 68 6.3 18.4 110 18 305.0 307.4 295.4 344.4 13.21 4 850 1500 20.4 14.1 67 6.3 16.1 149 17 307.5 309.8 295.2 343.7 11.97 5 800 2021 16.5 12.6 78 3.9 13.9 177 16 308.8 310.9 295.2 343.8 11.53 6 750 2568 12.8 9.9 83 2.8 11.0 218 14 310.4 312.4 294.8 341.9 10.29 7 700 3144 8.6 6.0 84 2.5 7.1 241 9 312.0 313.6 293.9 338.1 8.44 8 650 3754 5.0 -4.5 50 9.5 0.3 282 9 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.0 4.20 9 600 4402 1.1 -22.1 16 23.1 -6.4 302 11 317.3 317.5 289.0 321.1 1.09 10 550 5095 -3.7 -24.0 19 20.4 -9.7 312 14 319.8 319.9 289.8 323.2 1.00 11 500 5840 -8.8 -25.2 25 16.3 -13.3 310 14 322.3 322.4 290.5 325.7 0.99 12 450 6647 -14.3 -25.6 38 11.3 -17.2 305 15 325.3 325.5 291.4 329.0 1.05 13 400 7529 -20.4 -29.7 43 9.3 -22.4 301 20 328.4 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.81 14 350 8502 -28.2 -33.4 61 5.2 -29.0 296 24 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.1 0.65 15 300 9587 -37.5 -42.8 58 5.2 -38.0 294 24 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.29 16 250 10816 -48.0 -54.1 49 6.1 -48.3 282 26 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12248 -58.6 -61.7 67 3.1 -58.6 278 22 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14041 -60.6 -77.0 10 16.4 -60.7 278 19 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16555 -62.3 -84.0 4 21.7 -62.5 302 16 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.82 m Freezing level: 588.80 mb = 4556.89 m = 14950.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.47 mb = 3785.38 m = 12419.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.07 mb = 1447.80 m = 4749.93 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 22.70 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.32 mb = 2485.59 m = 8154.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 40.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1531.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.01 mb = 1988.44 m = 6523.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.01 mb = 3049.24 m = 10003.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.01 mb = 12633.74 m = 41448.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.01 mb = 15528.60 m = 50946.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 14.61 Bulk Shear: 104.83 m/s