MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 37.55,-95.95 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 973 307 28.3 23.1 73 5.2 24.5 92 12 303.8 307.3 298.5 359.1 18.57 2 950 519 29.0 20.4 60 8.5 22.8 106 21 306.6 309.6 297.7 355.0 16.12 3 900 999 26.1 18.1 61 8.0 20.4 140 22 308.4 311.1 297.3 352.8 14.68 4 850 1501 22.7 16.1 66 6.6 18.1 170 23 309.9 312.5 297.0 351.5 13.65 5 800 2027 19.2 13.7 71 5.5 15.4 202 30 311.6 313.9 296.5 349.6 12.39 6 750 2579 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.7 216 34 312.4 314.6 296.3 348.3 11.67 7 700 3160 10.6 8.2 85 2.4 9.1 239 33 314.2 316.1 295.4 344.8 9.83 8 650 3775 8.1 3.0 70 5.2 5.1 246 32 318.2 319.6 294.7 341.4 7.31 9 600 4432 3.4 -0.8 73 4.3 1.1 270 31 320.1 321.3 294.2 339.4 6.01 10 550 5130 -2.6 -4.8 85 2.1 -3.7 283 35 321.0 321.9 293.6 336.9 4.89 11 500 5880 -7.3 -11.1 75 3.7 -8.9 282 34 324.1 324.8 293.1 335.1 3.29 12 450 6693 -12.2 -18.3 61 6.1 -14.3 280 32 327.9 328.3 293.0 334.8 2.01 13 400 7584 -17.8 -26.8 45 9.0 -20.0 275 26 331.9 332.1 293.3 335.8 1.07 14 350 8568 -25.0 -32.6 49 7.7 -26.4 260 23 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.7 0.70 15 300 9670 -33.3 -40.5 49 7.2 -34.1 237 25 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.37 16 250 10925 -42.7 -52.3 34 9.5 -43.3 217 18 342.5 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.12 17 200 12391 -54.2 -56.6 74 2.4 -54.2 96 17 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.4 0.09 18 150 14178 -64.9 -71.2 42 6.3 -65.0 233 15 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16664 -63.3 -83.2 5 20.0 -63.4 194 18 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.05 m Freezing level: 571.56 mb = 4829.29 m = 15843.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.21 mb = 4591.18 m = 15062.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.22 mb = 977.19 m = 3205.96 ft T: 26.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 24.28 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2339.61 m = 7675.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 43.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2081.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.96 mb = 1771.01 m = 5810.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.96 mb = 2818.38 m = 9246.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.96 mb = 13817.14 m = 45331.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2061.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 572.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 572.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.17 Bulk Rich Number: 7.58 Bulk Shear: 274.67 m/s