MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 39.43,-97.76 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 962 440 27.8 20.3 64 7.5 22.4 339 5 304.3 307.2 296.9 351.3 15.77 2 950 547 26.7 18.3 60 8.3 20.8 340 8 304.3 306.9 295.8 346.2 14.10 3 900 1025 25.6 16.1 56 9.5 19.1 297 7 307.9 310.3 296.0 347.0 12.93 4 850 1527 22.7 14.2 59 8.5 16.9 247 10 309.9 312.2 295.8 346.6 12.03 5 800 2053 18.8 12.4 66 6.5 14.6 231 13 311.2 313.4 295.7 346.0 11.35 6 750 2604 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.0 225 16 312.3 314.3 295.7 345.7 10.84 7 700 3184 10.1 8.7 91 1.4 9.2 224 16 313.6 315.6 295.5 345.0 10.12 8 650 3797 6.5 5.6 94 0.9 5.9 225 14 316.3 318.0 295.3 343.9 8.79 9 600 4450 2.6 0.4 85 2.3 1.4 227 11 319.2 320.4 294.4 340.2 6.57 10 550 5149 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.3 249 7 322.5 323.4 293.8 337.8 4.69 11 500 5900 -6.0 -10.8 69 4.8 -8.1 291 6 325.7 326.4 293.6 337.0 3.36 12 450 6715 -11.5 -15.4 73 3.8 -13.0 318 8 328.7 329.2 293.7 337.5 2.57 13 400 7605 -17.3 -20.1 79 2.8 -18.2 324 10 332.5 332.9 294.1 339.3 1.93 14 350 8588 -24.6 -26.8 82 2.2 -25.1 311 13 335.6 335.9 294.3 340.0 1.22 15 300 9686 -33.7 -35.4 85 1.6 -34.0 307 15 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.2 0.63 16 250 10933 -44.2 -44.9 92 0.7 -44.2 320 14 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.28 17 200 12392 -54.4 -54.9 94 0.5 -54.4 321 18 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.11 18 150 14189 -64.8 -66.5 80 1.7 -64.8 310 29 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.03 19 100 16664 -62.7 -84.1 4 21.3 -63.0 348 8 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.31 m Freezing level: 567.11 mb = 4909.51 m = 16107.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.41 mb = 4647.53 m = 15247.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.32 C = 93.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.04 mb = 1393.54 m = 4571.93 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.06 mb = 2727.89 m = 8949.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.96 C = 96.73 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 41.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 839.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.00 mb = 2052.94 m = 6735.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.00 mb = 3485.18 m = 11434.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.00 mb = 12550.52 m = 41175.74 ft B at Equ Level: 829.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.00 mb = 15302.22 m = 50203.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -12.7 tot: -12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 40.23 Bulk Shear: 20.87 m/s