MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.34,-95.76 Latitude: 37.34 Longitude: -95.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 983 282 29.7 22.9 67 6.8 24.7 136 11 304.3 307.6 298.4 358.4 18.15 2 950 588 28.9 18.7 54 10.2 21.6 151 22 306.5 309.2 296.6 349.9 14.42 3 900 1068 26.3 16.1 53 10.3 19.2 176 25 308.6 311.1 296.1 347.7 12.87 4 850 1570 22.7 14.4 59 8.3 17.1 195 24 309.9 312.2 296.0 347.2 12.22 5 800 2095 18.8 12.6 67 6.3 14.7 214 23 311.2 313.4 295.8 346.5 11.51 6 750 2647 15.6 9.9 68 5.8 11.9 245 23 313.5 315.5 295.6 345.3 10.24 7 700 3231 13.1 4.8 57 8.3 8.1 279 15 317.0 318.4 294.6 341.3 7.72 8 650 3851 9.8 -5.5 34 15.3 2.1 344 13 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.8 3.90 9 600 4510 5.1 -12.2 27 17.3 -2.3 349 26 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.5 2.50 10 550 5211 -1.6 -14.6 36 13.0 -6.7 348 26 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.24 11 500 5961 -7.5 -24.2 25 16.7 -12.3 338 28 323.9 324.2 291.0 327.7 1.08 12 450 6773 -11.8 -35.6 12 23.9 -16.7 353 28 328.5 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.41 13 400 7663 -18.6 -40.7 12 22.1 -22.1 359 24 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 14 350 8642 -26.6 -44.5 17 17.9 -28.7 352 24 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.21 15 300 9735 -35.2 -49.0 23 13.8 -36.3 333 23 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.15 16 250 10981 -44.0 -60.4 15 16.4 -44.6 327 29 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12444 -54.4 -65.8 23 11.4 -54.6 317 26 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14241 -63.1 -73.5 23 10.3 -63.2 286 24 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16723 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.6 -64.9 229 3 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.40 m Freezing level: 561.82 mb = 5045.25 m = 16552.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4163.45 m = 13659.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.64 % Est. max temperature: 35.71 C = 96.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.70 mb = 1149.62 m = 3771.66 ft T: 25.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 30.68 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.80 mb = 2936.56 m = 9634.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.55 C = 105.00 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1558.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 269.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.30 mb = 1973.87 m = 6475.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.30 mb = 4695.90 m = 15406.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.30 mb = 12886.74 m = 42278.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1555.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.30 mb = 16349.14 m = 53638.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 366.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.07 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 199.19 m/s