MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.97,-96.08 Latitude: 36.97 Longitude: -96.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 984 267 28.6 19.6 58 9.0 22.2 118 5 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.7 14.73 2 950 581 24.6 17.4 64 7.3 19.6 125 6 302.2 304.6 294.6 341.3 13.25 3 900 1052 20.1 16.4 79 3.7 17.6 133 6 302.2 304.6 294.6 341.1 13.15 4 850 1543 16.4 13.8 85 2.5 14.7 157 4 303.3 305.5 293.9 338.2 11.77 5 800 2059 15.2 7.6 60 7.6 10.6 241 4 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.3 8.20 6 750 2603 12.3 4.8 60 7.5 8.0 259 6 310.0 311.3 292.3 332.2 7.23 7 700 3179 8.6 1.8 62 6.8 4.8 249 7 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.4 6.23 8 650 3787 4.3 -3.0 59 7.2 0.7 242 11 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.8 4.73 9 600 4433 -0.7 -4.1 78 3.4 -2.3 253 13 315.3 316.2 291.8 330.4 4.72 10 550 5124 -4.3 -9.7 66 5.4 -6.6 296 24 319.0 319.7 291.7 329.9 3.33 11 500 5868 -9.6 -15.8 61 6.2 -11.8 300 28 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.8 2.22 12 450 6672 -15.6 -20.8 65 5.1 -17.1 287 31 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.63 13 400 7549 -22.1 -28.6 56 6.5 -23.5 280 26 326.3 326.4 291.6 329.5 0.90 14 350 8517 -29.0 -40.3 33 11.3 -30.4 284 25 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.33 15 300 9601 -36.5 -50.9 21 14.4 -37.5 274 33 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 16 250 10845 -44.4 -47.1 75 2.7 -44.6 250 47 340.0 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.22 17 200 12317 -49.1 -70.0 7 20.9 -49.6 266 41 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 18 150 14187 -56.8 -80.0 4 23.2 -57.1 280 32 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16684 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.7 293 3 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.00 m Freezing level: 606.82 mb = 4344.82 m = 14254.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3926.24 m = 12881.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.14 mb = 1400.87 m = 4595.97 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 17.96 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2149.80 m = 7053.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.27 C = 91.88 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 33.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1010.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.71 mb = 1495.13 m = 4905.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.71 mb = 3420.12 m = 11220.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.71 mb = 11122.25 m = 36489.89 ft B at Equ Level: 996.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.71 mb = 13779.71 m = 45208.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 24.97 Bulk Shear: 40.45 m/s