MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.03,-96.51 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -96.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 977 344 29.3 23.3 70 6.0 24.9 98 9 304.5 308.0 298.8 360.5 18.76 2 950 594 28.0 20.3 63 7.7 22.5 107 15 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.5 15.98 3 900 1073 24.9 18.0 66 6.8 20.0 151 13 307.1 309.9 296.8 351.1 14.60 4 850 1572 21.1 15.9 72 5.2 17.5 187 15 308.3 310.8 296.4 349.0 13.46 5 800 2095 18.4 10.2 59 8.2 13.1 228 11 310.8 312.7 294.6 341.0 9.83 6 750 2647 16.4 0.9 35 15.5 7.8 318 6 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.6 5.47 7 700 3230 13.0 -4.1 30 17.1 4.2 356 12 316.9 317.6 291.7 329.8 4.03 8 650 3847 7.8 0.8 61 6.9 3.9 334 18 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.7 6.26 9 600 4502 3.0 -6.5 50 9.5 -1.6 337 21 319.5 320.3 292.3 332.3 3.91 10 550 5200 -1.6 -17.0 30 15.4 -7.2 345 20 322.2 322.5 291.3 328.4 1.83 11 500 5951 -6.9 -24.0 24 17.1 -11.9 330 31 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.5 1.10 12 450 6765 -11.6 -39.2 8 27.6 -16.9 342 27 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.28 13 400 7656 -18.0 -43.1 9 25.0 -21.8 346 22 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.4 0.21 14 350 8639 -25.5 -41.7 20 16.2 -27.7 333 23 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.28 15 300 9740 -32.9 -46.8 24 13.8 -34.3 338 29 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.19 16 250 10994 -43.4 -50.5 46 7.0 -43.9 333 33 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12458 -53.9 -62.2 36 8.3 -54.1 331 39 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14260 -63.0 -74.5 20 11.5 -63.1 282 11 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16742 -66.6 -83.1 8 16.5 -66.7 174 11 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.73 m Freezing level: 567.74 mb = 4952.28 m = 16247.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.33 mb = 4308.73 m = 14136.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.37 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.68 mb = 1114.60 m = 3656.77 ft T: 24.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 30.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.31 mb = 2700.36 m = 8859.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.38 C = 102.89 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1829.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.34 mb = 1701.75 m = 5583.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.34 mb = 3690.53 m = 12107.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.34 mb = 13390.07 m = 43930.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1810.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.6 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 3.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.1 neg: -13.3 tot: 197.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.33 Bulk Rich Number: 16.84 Bulk Shear: 108.62 m/s