MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.29,-96.44 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -96.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 969 378 34.5 21.5 47 13.0 24.9 181 15 310.4 313.6 299.1 361.9 16.84 2 950 557 32.7 17.5 40 15.2 21.9 185 23 310.4 312.9 296.9 351.2 13.37 3 900 1041 28.2 15.2 45 13.0 19.2 192 27 310.6 312.9 296.1 347.7 12.13 4 850 1545 24.2 12.8 49 11.3 16.6 206 29 311.5 313.6 295.6 345.3 11.03 5 800 2073 22.1 7.5 39 14.6 13.0 214 25 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.2 8.16 6 750 2630 18.4 5.4 42 13.0 10.4 223 21 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.2 7.52 7 700 3217 13.8 3.6 50 10.2 7.8 219 17 317.7 319.1 294.4 340.2 7.09 8 650 3837 9.5 -0.0 52 9.5 4.2 240 14 319.7 320.8 294.0 338.6 5.88 9 600 4495 4.2 -2.5 62 6.7 0.7 285 10 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.2 5.30 10 550 5196 -1.7 -10.3 52 8.6 -5.4 331 10 322.0 322.7 292.4 332.6 3.18 11 500 5945 -7.6 -20.3 35 12.7 -11.7 317 12 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.1 1.52 12 450 6756 -13.5 -21.0 53 7.5 -15.8 320 21 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.7 1.59 13 400 7641 -19.7 -24.8 64 5.1 -21.0 317 24 329.3 329.6 292.7 333.9 1.27 14 350 8619 -26.4 -35.8 41 9.4 -27.9 330 26 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.52 15 300 9714 -35.2 -40.0 61 4.8 -35.7 328 34 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.3 0.39 16 250 10956 -45.5 -51.1 53 5.7 -45.7 325 32 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.14 17 200 12408 -55.9 -64.3 35 8.3 -56.1 323 34 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.03 18 150 14196 -64.3 -75.0 22 10.8 -64.4 322 31 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16664 -64.9 -83.1 6 18.1 -65.1 183 3 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.56 m Freezing level: 564.53 mb = 4992.38 m = 16379.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.55 mb = 4568.79 m = 14989.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.00 % Est. max temperature: 37.50 C = 99.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.68 mb = 2033.18 m = 6670.46 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.82 C/km ThetaE index: 21.62 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.20 mb = 3518.84 m = 11544.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.69 C = 108.84 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1757.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 285.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.25 mb = 2581.39 m = 8469.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.25 mb = 4369.42 m = 14335.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.25 mb = 13088.38 m = 42940.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1754.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.1 neg: -10.3 tot: 109.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 57.27 Bulk Shear: 30.69 m/s