MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 36.05,-95.83 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 991 212 35.1 22.1 47 13.1 25.4 162 6 309.1 312.3 298.9 361.0 17.09 2 950 597 33.2 17.1 38 16.1 21.9 177 13 310.9 313.4 296.8 350.8 13.03 3 900 1082 28.7 16.1 47 12.6 19.9 183 14 311.1 313.5 296.8 350.6 12.91 4 850 1587 24.1 14.8 56 9.3 17.7 193 14 311.4 313.8 296.6 350.0 12.59 5 800 2114 19.9 12.3 62 7.6 14.8 211 12 312.3 314.5 296.0 347.2 11.32 6 750 2667 16.6 5.5 48 11.1 9.9 219 5 314.6 316.0 293.9 338.3 7.57 7 700 3251 13.2 -1.1 37 14.3 5.5 340 2 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.3 5.06 8 650 3870 9.2 -9.6 25 18.8 0.7 348 8 319.4 320.0 291.4 328.8 2.85 9 600 4526 4.1 -12.7 28 16.8 -2.9 344 13 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.39 10 550 5227 -1.1 -19.1 24 18.0 -7.4 353 15 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.0 1.53 11 500 5979 -6.5 -20.2 33 13.7 -11.1 358 20 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.4 1.53 12 450 6792 -12.5 -24.8 35 12.3 -15.9 348 21 327.6 327.8 292.2 331.6 1.14 13 400 7681 -18.1 -31.3 31 13.2 -21.0 352 16 331.4 331.5 292.8 334.0 0.70 14 350 8664 -25.1 -37.8 30 12.7 -27.1 343 24 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.42 15 300 9764 -33.7 -43.6 36 9.9 -34.7 323 27 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.27 16 250 11016 -43.5 -50.9 44 7.4 -44.0 312 27 341.3 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.14 17 200 12480 -53.6 -62.3 33 8.8 -53.8 303 31 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14280 -64.1 -74.9 21 10.8 -64.1 306 27 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16743 -65.7 -83.3 7 17.6 -65.8 304 5 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.22 m Freezing level: 560.74 mb = 5076.39 m = 16654.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.78 mb = 3986.96 m = 13080.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.76 % Est. max temperature: 37.63 C = 99.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.65 mb = 1881.71 m = 6173.51 ft T: 21.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 32.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.78 mb = 3241.93 m = 10636.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.12 C = 109.62 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1736.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.14 mb = 2484.81 m = 8152.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.14 mb = 4111.31 m = 13488.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.14 mb = 13455.25 m = 44143.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1717.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 345.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -10.8 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 29.33 Bulk Shear: 59.21 m/s