MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 39.04,-101.78 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -101.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 505 2 900 973 SFC 886 1112 22.3 16.2 69 6.1 18.1 152 15 305.9 308.3 295.6 345.5 13.23 4 850 1470 22.1 14.9 64 7.1 17.2 168 33 309.3 311.6 296.1 347.7 12.65 5 800 1998 21.1 10.5 50 10.7 14.1 188 34 313.7 315.6 295.4 344.7 9.99 6 750 2553 17.8 3.9 40 13.8 9.6 206 26 315.8 317.2 293.6 337.3 6.79 7 700 3139 13.7 -2.2 33 15.9 5.2 235 23 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.7 4.66 8 650 3758 9.3 -6.6 32 15.9 1.6 265 27 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.2 3.59 9 600 4414 3.3 -7.5 45 10.9 -1.7 275 29 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.8 3.61 10 550 5112 -2.8 -10.1 58 7.2 -6.0 286 36 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.24 11 500 5859 -8.2 -21.3 34 13.2 -12.2 285 44 323.1 323.4 291.1 327.9 1.39 12 450 6669 -13.3 -35.0 14 21.7 -17.7 291 43 326.6 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.43 13 400 7554 -19.8 -35.6 23 15.8 -22.6 295 45 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.46 14 350 8529 -27.3 -39.0 32 11.7 -28.9 295 45 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.37 15 300 9620 -35.7 -44.7 39 9.0 -36.5 293 49 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.24 16 250 10861 -45.7 -52.5 46 6.8 -46.0 299 53 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 17 200 12311 -55.9 -62.4 44 6.5 -56.0 299 65 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14094 -65.5 -70.6 49 5.1 -65.5 290 53 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16574 -63.3 -83.5 5 20.3 -63.5 279 28 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.69 m Freezing level: 573.11 mb = 4789.41 m = 15713.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.02 mb = 4066.08 m = 13339.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.19 mb = 1887.70 m = 6193.17 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.50 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.52 mb = 3712.83 m = 12181.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.33 C = 95.59 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 512.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.54 mb = 2695.52 m = 8843.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.54 mb = 4514.43 m = 14810.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.54 mb = 12546.82 m = 41163.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1257.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.54 mb = 15851.48 m = 52005.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 409.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.86 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 264.83 m/s