MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 36.10,-95.86 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 988 216 27.8 21.6 69 6.1 23.3 173 12 302.0 305.1 296.9 351.3 16.70 2 950 558 25.0 19.3 71 5.7 21.0 190 21 302.6 305.4 296.0 347.0 15.02 3 900 1036 26.8 14.4 46 12.4 18.4 216 26 309.2 311.3 295.3 344.2 11.52 4 850 1539 24.0 11.9 47 12.1 16.0 220 21 311.3 313.2 295.0 343.0 10.33 5 800 2066 20.0 10.4 54 9.6 13.8 225 17 312.4 314.3 295.1 343.2 9.96 6 750 2619 15.7 8.8 63 6.9 11.3 204 11 313.6 315.5 295.1 343.2 9.53 7 700 3201 11.8 4.0 59 7.9 7.2 165 5 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.6 7.30 8 650 3817 7.6 -3.9 44 11.5 1.8 112 4 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.8 4.42 9 600 4471 3.3 -6.6 48 9.9 -1.4 101 7 320.0 320.7 292.4 332.6 3.88 10 550 5171 -1.1 -9.6 53 8.5 -4.8 98 6 322.8 323.5 292.8 334.0 3.37 11 500 5925 -6.0 -15.2 48 9.2 -9.5 55 4 325.8 326.2 292.7 333.8 2.35 12 450 6740 -12.1 -19.2 56 7.0 -14.5 84 3 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.5 1.87 13 400 7629 -18.8 -22.2 75 3.3 -19.8 59 4 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.2 1.62 14 350 8609 -26.1 -26.1 100 0.1 -26.1 9 9 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.30 15 300 9707 -34.2 -34.2 100 -0.0 -34.2 358 16 337.2 337.4 294.3 339.9 0.71 16 250 10955 -44.5 -44.5 100 -0.0 -44.5 6 22 340.0 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.29 17 200 12410 -56.3 -58.1 80 1.8 -56.3 359 16 343.6 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.07 18 150 14201 -62.9 -75.6 17 12.7 -63.0 328 21 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16669 -64.1 -83.4 5 19.3 -64.3 238 5 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.05 m Freezing level: 562.24 mb = 4999.64 m = 16402.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.42 mb = 4171.10 m = 13684.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.24 % Est. max temperature: 37.29 C = 99.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.69 mb = 999.54 m = 3279.28 ft T: 26.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.41 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2873.00 m = 9425.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.23 C = 104.42 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.93 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 371.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.53 mb = 1740.14 m = 5709.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.53 mb = 4396.02 m = 14422.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.53 mb = 12877.52 m = 42248.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1010.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.53 mb = 15285.45 m = 50148.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 222.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -19.6 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 141.18 Bulk Shear: 7.28 m/s