MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 37.65,-95.85 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -95.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 981 308 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.1 88 8 291.7 293.4 288.1 317.9 9.20 2 950 583 21.2 10.6 51 10.6 14.7 101 16 298.7 300.3 289.9 323.6 8.49 3 900 1050 19.5 6.6 43 12.9 12.0 142 11 301.6 302.8 289.3 321.9 6.79 4 850 1540 19.5 -8.3 14 27.8 6.8 198 6 306.6 307.0 286.8 314.2 2.41 5 800 2060 18.4 -1.3 26 19.7 7.9 295 8 310.7 311.6 290.1 324.4 4.34 6 750 2610 14.7 5.3 53 9.5 9.1 314 14 312.5 314.0 293.2 335.7 7.44 7 700 3189 10.6 2.8 58 7.8 6.1 321 18 314.2 315.5 293.1 335.3 6.69 8 650 3803 7.3 -14.4 20 21.7 -1.4 334 13 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.6 1.92 9 600 4456 3.9 -26.1 9 30.0 -5.4 346 8 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.3 0.76 10 550 5159 1.1 -34.3 5 35.3 -8.0 12 9 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.38 11 500 5918 -3.2 -41.5 3 38.3 -11.2 28 8 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.20 12 450 6744 -7.6 -47.1 3 39.5 -14.6 7 6 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 13 400 7647 -14.8 -41.1 9 26.3 -19.5 337 9 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.8 0.26 14 350 8642 -22.6 -34.2 34 11.6 -24.8 1 17 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.6 0.60 15 300 9754 -31.2 -44.3 26 13.1 -32.7 347 13 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.25 16 250 11016 -41.6 -44.4 74 2.9 -41.8 354 26 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.4 0.29 17 200 12490 -53.9 -58.4 58 4.5 -54.1 353 27 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14274 -66.9 -69.7 67 2.9 -66.9 332 23 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16694 -67.4 -83.9 8 16.4 -67.5 26 16 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.64 m Freezing level: 537.45 mb = 5349.02 m = 17549.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.56 mb = 3681.80 m = 12079.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.98 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.98 mb = 907.09 m = 2975.97 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.52 mb = 5107.10 m = 16755.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.05 C = 122.08 F Cap Strength: 11.58 C Lifted Index: 12.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.54 C Showalter Index: 16.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: -5.11 C K Index: 6.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 19.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9551.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.83 mb = 2190.58 m = 7186.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.3 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 16.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.7 neg: -8.6 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 56.81 m/s