MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.47,-96.57 Latitude: 37.47 Longitude: -96.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 963 416 31.8 21.0 53 10.8 23.9 175 17 308.3 311.4 298.4 358.2 16.49 2 950 532 29.6 19.2 54 10.4 22.2 178 22 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.1 14.89 3 900 1011 25.1 17.9 65 7.2 20.1 183 24 307.4 310.1 296.9 351.2 14.52 4 850 1512 24.2 12.2 47 12.0 16.2 201 28 311.5 313.5 295.3 343.9 10.56 5 800 2041 22.0 8.8 43 13.2 13.6 209 31 314.6 316.4 294.9 342.5 8.94 6 750 2598 17.6 7.6 52 10.0 11.3 204 27 315.7 317.4 295.1 343.1 8.76 7 700 3183 13.4 5.1 57 8.3 8.3 196 21 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.2 7.88 8 650 3803 8.9 1.0 58 7.9 4.5 207 17 319.0 320.3 294.1 339.4 6.36 9 600 4460 4.1 -1.7 66 5.8 1.0 254 14 320.9 322.0 294.1 339.2 5.65 10 550 5161 -2.0 -2.9 93 0.9 -2.5 282 20 321.7 322.8 294.3 339.9 5.61 11 500 5911 -8.2 -10.0 86 1.9 -8.9 284 19 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.9 3.57 12 450 6721 -13.6 -21.1 53 7.5 -15.9 285 19 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.7 1.58 13 400 7607 -19.0 -22.3 75 3.3 -19.9 302 15 330.3 330.6 293.3 336.0 1.60 14 350 8588 -25.5 -33.5 47 8.0 -26.9 279 15 334.4 334.5 293.5 336.8 0.65 15 300 9686 -34.4 -43.2 41 8.8 -35.3 287 18 336.9 336.9 293.8 338.0 0.28 16 250 10933 -44.1 -54.8 29 10.7 -44.6 285 14 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.09 17 200 12390 -56.3 -60.9 56 4.6 -56.3 192 9 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14171 -63.3 -76.4 15 13.1 -63.4 250 27 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16645 -64.5 -83.2 6 18.7 -64.6 163 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.60 m Freezing level: 566.43 mb = 4930.91 m = 16177.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.55 mb = 4656.69 m = 15277.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.08 % Est. max temperature: 37.27 C = 99.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.19 mb = 1781.12 m = 5843.50 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 3136.22 m = 10289.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.58 C = 105.05 F Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1782.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 314.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.48 mb = 2047.00 m = 6715.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.48 mb = 4264.49 m = 13990.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.48 mb = 13235.20 m = 43422.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1769.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.5 neg: -56.1 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 51.83 Bulk Shear: 34.39 m/s