MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.26,-96.94 Latitude: 38.26 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 959 433 30.0 19.6 54 10.4 22.6 151 16 306.8 309.6 297.1 352.4 15.16 2 950 521 30.5 19.2 51 11.2 22.4 154 25 308.1 310.9 297.3 353.2 14.92 3 900 1005 29.9 15.8 42 14.2 20.1 172 38 312.4 314.8 296.9 351.2 12.61 4 850 1513 26.9 13.1 43 13.8 17.5 189 32 314.3 316.5 296.4 349.2 11.23 5 800 2046 23.5 10.0 43 13.5 14.7 207 26 316.2 318.0 295.8 346.5 9.69 6 750 2606 19.5 7.9 47 11.6 12.1 236 18 317.7 319.5 295.7 346.0 8.95 7 700 3195 15.0 5.5 53 9.6 9.2 285 10 319.1 320.7 295.5 344.9 8.10 8 650 3817 9.4 2.6 62 6.8 5.4 308 6 319.5 320.9 294.8 342.3 7.10 9 600 4474 3.1 -0.3 78 3.4 1.3 299 4 319.7 321.0 294.3 339.8 6.25 10 550 5173 -2.2 -3.8 89 1.6 -3.0 323 11 321.4 322.5 294.0 338.5 5.25 11 500 5923 -7.8 -14.7 58 6.9 -10.4 333 20 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.7 2.44 12 450 6733 -12.9 -30.3 22 17.4 -17.0 351 22 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.68 13 400 7621 -18.7 -34.4 24 15.7 -21.7 351 18 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.6 0.52 14 350 8601 -26.7 -41.2 24 14.5 -28.6 353 17 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.9 0.30 15 300 9694 -35.2 -41.6 52 6.4 -35.9 341 9 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.33 16 250 10936 -45.6 -46.5 90 0.9 -45.7 85 1 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.23 17 200 12379 -58.5 -59.0 93 0.5 -58.5 307 8 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 18 150 14169 -60.5 -72.6 19 12.1 -60.6 275 34 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16663 -64.3 -83.4 6 19.1 -64.5 176 6 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.73 m Freezing level: 570.78 mb = 4882.66 m = 16019.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.39 mb = 4672.30 m = 15328.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.11 % Est. max temperature: 38.94 C = 102.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.24 mb = 1772.83 m = 5816.32 ft T: 25.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 23.69 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.17 mb = 3535.66 m = 11599.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.47 C = 108.44 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2182.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 358.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.68 mb = 2586.19 m = 8484.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.68 mb = 4116.97 m = 13506.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.68 mb = 13512.59 m = 44332.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2131.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.90 Bulk Rich Number: 20.94 Bulk Shear: 104.19 m/s