MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 39.04,-99.57 Latitude: 39.04 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 77 1 950 522 SFC 934 676 28.9 16.3 47 12.6 20.1 156 7 308.0 310.4 295.7 346.0 12.57 3 900 1002 26.7 13.8 45 13.0 18.0 167 11 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.8 11.08 4 850 1503 22.0 12.7 56 9.3 15.8 181 10 309.2 311.3 294.9 342.5 10.94 5 800 2025 17.1 11.6 70 5.4 13.5 196 10 309.3 311.4 294.8 342.3 10.82 6 750 2572 12.5 8.7 78 3.8 10.2 216 10 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.2 9.49 7 700 3149 9.0 1.1 58 7.9 4.6 231 10 312.4 313.5 292.0 330.9 5.93 8 650 3758 4.5 -2.2 62 6.7 1.1 253 15 314.1 315.0 291.7 330.0 5.02 9 600 4404 -0.2 -6.9 61 6.6 -3.3 307 16 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.1 3.80 10 550 5095 -4.5 -15.2 43 10.7 -8.5 309 20 318.7 319.2 290.5 325.8 2.13 11 500 5838 -9.4 -22.0 35 12.7 -13.2 298 20 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.1 1.31 12 450 6644 -14.7 -26.1 37 11.4 -17.6 303 28 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.4 1.01 13 400 7525 -20.6 -33.3 31 12.8 -22.9 305 31 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.4 0.57 14 350 8499 -27.6 -35.1 49 7.5 -28.8 307 40 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.6 0.55 15 300 9587 -36.7 -41.6 61 4.9 -37.2 305 40 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.33 16 250 10821 -47.2 -48.3 89 1.0 -47.3 304 48 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.19 17 200 12256 -59.5 -61.4 78 1.9 -59.5 303 53 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 18 150 14028 -63.9 -72.0 32 8.2 -63.9 291 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.02 19 100 16512 -65.1 -83.5 6 18.4 -65.3 288 33 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.35 m Freezing level: 602.57 mb = 4370.95 m = 14340.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3913.09 m = 12838.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.45 mb = 2267.69 m = 7439.82 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.80 mb = 2857.74 m = 9375.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.72 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1321.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.48 mb = 2589.32 m = 8495.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.48 mb = 3344.84 m = 10973.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.48 mb = 12786.89 m = 41951.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1302.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.48 mb = 15219.66 m = 49932.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 23.06 Bulk Shear: 57.28 m/s