MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.66,-96.64 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 968 423 29.0 22.8 69 6.2 24.5 129 11 305.0 308.4 298.7 359.9 18.37 2 950 591 29.0 20.1 59 8.9 22.5 136 19 306.6 309.5 297.5 353.9 15.75 3 900 1071 26.3 16.8 56 9.4 19.6 166 25 308.6 311.1 296.5 349.5 13.51 4 850 1573 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.7 192 26 310.2 312.6 296.6 349.8 12.98 5 800 2099 20.4 11.5 57 8.9 14.5 200 21 312.9 314.9 295.7 345.9 10.71 6 750 2655 17.7 6.7 48 11.0 10.9 216 17 315.8 317.4 294.7 341.7 8.24 7 700 3241 14.0 3.9 50 10.1 8.0 250 15 318.0 319.4 294.6 341.1 7.26 8 650 3863 10.3 -9.1 25 19.3 1.3 340 8 320.6 321.1 291.8 330.4 2.96 9 600 4522 5.3 -15.7 20 20.9 -3.1 354 17 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.88 10 550 5223 -1.3 -17.7 28 16.4 -7.2 353 20 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.5 1.74 11 500 5973 -7.7 -22.1 30 14.4 -12.1 354 23 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.30 12 450 6783 -13.2 -30.4 22 17.2 -17.1 341 27 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.1 0.68 13 400 7671 -18.7 -42.3 11 23.6 -22.3 352 10 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.23 14 350 8650 -27.1 -45.7 15 18.7 -29.2 342 16 332.2 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9740 -35.6 -53.3 15 17.8 -36.8 329 25 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.09 16 250 10982 -45.3 -55.9 29 10.6 -45.8 323 40 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12436 -54.9 -64.5 30 9.6 -55.1 321 41 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14240 -61.7 -73.0 21 11.3 -61.9 316 16 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16726 -64.9 -83.1 6 18.3 -65.0 205 3 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.90 m Freezing level: 559.70 mb = 5087.26 m = 16690.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.58 mb = 4047.27 m = 13278.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.85 C = 96.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.47 mb = 1213.74 m = 3982.05 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.95 mb = 3217.62 m = 10556.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.85 C = 107.32 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2004.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 308.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.80 mb = 2015.22 m = 6611.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.80 mb = 4619.14 m = 15154.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.80 mb = 13352.81 m = 43807.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1973.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.8 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 306.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 283.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.24 Bulk Rich Number: 12.48 Bulk Shear: 160.63 m/s