MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-96.66 Latitude: 37.62 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 120 SFC 967 420 30.3 22.4 63 7.9 24.5 132 15 306.4 309.8 298.8 360.5 17.96 2 950 574 30.3 20.4 56 9.9 23.1 136 25 307.9 310.9 298.0 356.5 16.07 3 900 1057 28.0 16.1 48 11.9 19.7 163 30 310.4 312.8 296.5 349.7 12.88 4 850 1562 25.2 13.4 48 11.8 17.2 188 29 312.5 314.7 296.1 347.8 11.44 5 800 2091 21.1 11.7 55 9.4 14.8 209 30 313.6 315.7 296.0 347.2 10.85 6 750 2647 17.0 9.8 63 7.2 12.3 233 30 315.0 317.0 295.9 346.8 10.20 7 700 3233 14.2 3.4 48 10.8 7.8 260 18 318.2 319.6 294.4 340.5 6.99 8 650 3855 10.5 -3.0 39 13.5 3.4 285 4 320.8 321.7 293.3 336.1 4.71 9 600 4515 5.4 -7.7 38 13.0 -0.8 301 11 322.3 323.1 292.9 334.2 3.58 10 550 5218 -1.0 -9.4 53 8.5 -4.7 312 15 322.9 323.6 292.9 334.2 3.40 11 500 5970 -7.2 -13.0 63 5.8 -9.5 321 21 324.2 324.8 292.7 333.7 2.81 12 450 6782 -12.8 -24.9 35 12.2 -16.1 325 27 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.2 1.12 13 400 7670 -18.9 -37.2 18 18.2 -22.1 331 24 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.39 14 350 8648 -27.0 -45.0 17 17.9 -29.1 331 23 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.20 15 300 9738 -35.8 -48.9 25 13.2 -36.8 330 27 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 16 250 10980 -45.1 -57.1 25 12.0 -45.6 320 33 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 17 200 12437 -55.0 -63.4 35 8.4 -55.2 305 37 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14240 -62.4 -72.6 24 10.2 -62.5 292 29 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16719 -63.9 -83.1 6 19.1 -64.1 289 8 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.45 m Freezing level: 557.55 mb = 5111.56 m = 16770.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.62 mb = 4383.70 m = 14382.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.19 % Est. max temperature: 37.08 C = 98.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.92 mb = 1428.77 m = 4687.50 ft T: 25.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 26.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.48 mb = 3371.97 m = 11062.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.59 C = 108.66 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2078.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.61 mb = 2280.52 m = 7481.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.61 mb = 4547.18 m = 14918.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.61 mb = 13180.68 m = 43243.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2074.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 428.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13.96 Bulk Shear: 148.87 m/s