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: 37.4,-96.06 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -96.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 308 27.4 18.9 60 8.4 21.5 118 6 302.2 304.8 295.3 344.1 14.19 2 950 582 23.9 16.9 65 7.0 19.1 123 7 301.5 303.8 294.1 339.4 12.87 3 900 1052 19.4 16.0 81 3.4 17.1 129 7 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.2 12.79 4 850 1542 16.3 13.1 81 3.3 14.2 151 5 303.3 305.3 293.4 336.5 11.19 5 800 2058 15.1 8.3 64 6.8 10.9 248 4 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.62 6 750 2602 12.2 5.5 63 6.7 8.2 262 7 309.8 311.2 292.5 333.0 7.55 7 700 3177 8.6 1.6 62 6.9 4.8 246 8 312.0 313.1 292.0 331.2 6.17 8 650 3786 4.2 -3.2 58 7.5 0.5 229 12 313.8 314.6 291.3 328.5 4.64 9 600 4431 -1.3 -3.6 85 2.3 -2.4 247 14 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.89 10 550 5120 -5.2 -8.3 79 3.1 -6.5 288 24 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.0 3.71 11 500 5863 -9.9 -16.3 59 6.4 -12.1 293 28 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.1 2.13 12 450 6666 -15.7 -19.9 70 4.2 -16.9 287 29 323.5 323.9 291.6 329.5 1.75 13 400 7543 -22.1 -26.8 65 4.7 -23.1 280 24 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.1 1.06 14 350 8511 -29.3 -33.6 66 4.4 -30.0 280 20 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.64 15 300 9594 -36.8 -43.2 52 6.3 -37.4 266 18 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.28 16 250 10834 -44.8 -49.3 61 4.5 -45.1 252 44 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.1 0.17 17 200 12305 -49.0 -68.4 9 19.4 -49.6 266 39 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 18 150 14178 -55.8 -80.1 3 24.4 -56.1 275 27 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16683 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.6 -65.7 290 3 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.86 m Freezing level: 611.97 mb = 4276.23 m = 14029.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3889.65 m = 12761.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.16 mb = 1370.36 m = 4495.88 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.66 mb = 2263.94 m = 7427.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.93 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 32.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.34 mb = 1477.93 m = 4848.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.34 mb = 3643.56 m = 11953.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.34 mb = 10797.90 m = 35425.75 ft B at Equ Level: 794.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.34 mb = 13312.25 m = 43674.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 29.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 16.27 Bulk Shear: 49.21 m/s