MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.74,-99.51 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -99.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 487 SFC 928 701 32.9 10.4 25 22.5 18.2 221 9 312.7 314.3 294.1 339.1 8.54 3 900 972 34.2 9.0 21 25.2 17.8 219 20 316.7 318.3 294.8 342.1 8.04 4 850 1486 30.2 8.6 26 21.6 16.2 205 25 317.7 319.3 295.3 343.9 8.28 5 800 2023 26.2 7.7 31 18.5 14.4 201 33 319.1 320.7 295.6 345.4 8.27 6 750 2587 21.7 6.1 36 15.6 12.0 205 30 320.2 321.7 295.6 345.5 7.92 7 700 3181 16.7 4.3 44 12.4 9.2 213 24 321.0 322.4 295.5 345.0 7.48 8 650 3806 11.4 0.7 48 10.7 5.3 227 16 321.9 323.1 294.8 341.9 6.20 9 600 4469 5.9 -4.4 47 10.3 0.6 245 6 322.9 323.8 293.8 338.0 4.59 10 550 5173 0.1 -10.6 44 10.8 -4.6 284 4 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.6 3.09 11 500 5929 -5.5 -17.6 38 12.1 -9.9 321 11 326.3 326.7 292.5 332.9 1.92 12 450 6746 -11.7 -24.0 35 12.3 -15.2 312 16 328.6 328.8 292.5 332.9 1.22 13 400 7635 -19.2 -25.1 59 5.9 -20.7 318 29 330.0 330.3 292.9 334.5 1.24 14 350 8614 -26.5 -32.2 59 5.7 -27.5 328 35 333.1 333.2 293.3 335.8 0.74 15 300 9710 -34.4 -35.7 88 1.3 -34.6 320 35 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.61 16 250 10958 -44.2 -44.2 100 0.0 -44.2 307 25 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12411 -57.7 -57.8 99 0.1 -57.7 288 25 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 18 150 14193 -64.2 -69.7 47 5.4 -64.3 293 26 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16652 -64.1 -83.3 6 19.1 -64.3 238 9 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5886.94 m Freezing level: 548.94 mb = 5189.38 m = 17025.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.19 mb = 4547.36 m = 14918.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.51 % Est. max temperature: 39.63 C = 103.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.79 mb = 3565.58 m = 11697.95 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.66 mb = 4846.41 m = 15900.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.61 C = 110.50 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.67 C Cross Totals Index: 14.11 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 433.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.66 mb = 4095.58 m = 13436.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 492.66 mb = 6043.34 m = 19827.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.66 mb = 12642.28 m = 41476.79 ft B at Equ Level: 400.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.66 mb = 14084.07 m = 46207.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -9.8 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 653.57 Bulk Shear: 0.63 m/s