MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.63,-95.14 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 977 294 29.0 21.9 65 7.2 23.8 230 9 304.2 307.4 297.7 355.2 17.12 2 950 543 27.2 19.9 65 7.2 22.0 225 15 304.8 307.7 296.9 351.4 15.63 3 900 1020 23.2 18.2 73 5.0 19.7 221 17 305.5 308.2 296.6 349.8 14.81 4 850 1517 21.3 14.4 65 6.9 16.6 212 18 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.5 12.23 5 800 2042 18.8 10.5 58 8.3 13.4 210 19 311.2 313.1 294.8 342.0 10.01 6 750 2592 14.5 9.0 70 5.4 11.0 215 20 312.3 314.1 294.8 342.1 9.67 7 700 3172 10.2 6.8 80 3.4 8.1 215 19 313.7 315.4 294.7 341.4 8.89 8 650 3785 5.8 3.5 85 2.4 4.4 221 14 315.5 317.0 294.1 339.3 7.57 9 600 4436 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.0 245 23 318.0 319.3 294.1 339.0 6.57 10 550 5133 -2.6 -4.0 90 1.4 -3.3 277 17 321.0 322.1 293.8 337.9 5.20 11 500 5883 -7.5 -10.6 78 3.1 -8.8 290 20 323.9 324.5 293.1 335.2 3.41 12 450 6695 -12.8 -17.1 70 4.3 -14.3 290 23 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.7 2.22 13 400 7584 -18.1 -21.9 72 3.8 -19.2 293 17 331.4 331.8 293.6 337.3 1.66 14 350 8568 -25.3 -27.9 78 2.6 -25.9 265 18 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.10 15 300 9668 -33.8 -37.1 71 3.4 -34.2 283 21 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.53 16 250 10920 -43.5 -48.5 58 5.0 -43.8 280 12 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.19 17 200 12382 -54.7 -60.8 47 6.1 -54.8 319 13 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14161 -66.0 -69.6 61 3.6 -66.0 257 14 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16648 -60.9 -83.7 3 22.9 -61.2 192 16 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.04 m Freezing level: 580.33 mb = 4710.42 m = 15453.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.65 mb = 4589.08 m = 15055.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.00 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.67 mb = 1208.71 m = 3965.52 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.41 mb = 2363.18 m = 7753.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.96 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 39.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1702.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.05 mb = 1557.75 m = 5110.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.05 mb = 3040.38 m = 9974.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.05 mb = 13348.75 m = 43794.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1690.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 380.13 Bulk Shear: 4.48 m/s