MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.82,-96.66 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 429 27.8 21.8 70 6.0 23.5 134 14 303.9 307.1 297.7 355.3 17.27 2 950 584 26.8 20.3 67 6.6 22.1 139 22 304.4 307.4 297.1 352.0 15.96 3 900 1060 24.0 17.9 69 6.1 19.7 164 28 306.3 309.0 296.5 349.7 14.46 4 850 1560 22.7 15.7 65 7.0 17.8 205 28 309.9 312.4 296.7 350.4 13.29 5 800 2087 20.6 12.5 60 8.1 15.1 236 32 313.1 315.3 296.3 348.5 11.46 6 750 2644 19.1 4.0 37 15.1 10.1 268 15 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.0 6.82 7 700 3232 15.3 -4.2 26 19.5 5.2 10 4 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.4 3.99 8 650 3855 11.4 -11.5 19 22.9 1.1 9 17 321.8 322.3 291.7 330.0 2.43 9 600 4516 5.3 -13.7 24 19.0 -2.6 358 19 322.2 322.7 291.6 329.7 2.21 10 550 5217 -1.2 -17.8 27 16.6 -7.2 351 20 322.6 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.71 11 500 5967 -7.9 -17.6 46 9.7 -11.3 343 27 323.4 323.7 291.7 329.9 1.91 12 450 6778 -12.5 -28.6 25 16.1 -16.5 337 29 327.5 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.80 13 400 7667 -18.9 -32.6 29 13.7 -21.7 339 25 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.7 0.62 14 350 8646 -26.5 -40.4 26 13.9 -28.4 336 21 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.32 15 300 9740 -34.7 -52.5 15 17.8 -36.0 325 34 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.9 0.10 16 250 10986 -44.5 -54.0 34 9.5 -45.0 317 46 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12447 -54.3 -65.6 24 11.3 -54.5 317 36 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14251 -61.4 -74.0 17 12.6 -61.5 301 20 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16726 -64.3 -83.2 6 18.9 -64.5 260 6 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.73 m Freezing level: 559.43 mb = 5084.84 m = 16682.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 4049.27 m = 13284.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.57 % Est. max temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.47 mb = 1192.71 m = 3913.04 ft T: 23.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.13 mb = 3400.54 m = 11156.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.86 C = 110.95 F Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1698.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 439.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.86 mb = 1716.66 m = 5632.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.86 mb = 4653.06 m = 15265.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.86 mb = 13112.47 m = 43019.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1673.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.86 mb = 16152.25 m = 52992.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.0 neg: -42.5 tot: 496.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.72 Bulk Rich Number: 6.92 Bulk Shear: 245.32 m/s