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: 37.62,-96.03 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 971 320 27.7 23.1 76 4.6 24.3 93 12 303.4 306.8 298.4 358.6 18.59 2 950 517 28.2 20.8 64 7.4 22.8 104 22 305.8 308.9 297.7 355.3 16.49 3 900 996 25.9 18.2 63 7.7 20.5 139 23 308.2 311.0 297.3 352.9 14.79 4 850 1498 22.8 16.0 66 6.8 18.1 171 24 310.0 312.6 297.0 351.5 13.60 5 800 2024 19.2 13.6 70 5.6 15.4 202 31 311.6 314.0 296.5 349.4 12.30 6 750 2576 14.6 11.6 82 3.0 12.6 215 34 312.5 314.7 296.2 348.0 11.54 7 700 3157 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 237 33 314.3 316.2 295.5 345.0 9.88 8 650 3773 8.1 3.2 71 4.8 5.2 246 31 318.1 319.5 294.7 341.7 7.44 9 600 4429 3.4 -0.6 75 4.1 1.2 270 30 320.1 321.3 294.3 339.7 6.09 10 550 5128 -2.4 -4.6 85 2.1 -3.5 284 33 321.2 322.2 293.6 337.3 4.96 11 500 5877 -7.1 -10.6 76 3.5 -8.6 282 33 324.4 325.0 293.2 335.7 3.40 12 450 6691 -12.0 -17.5 63 5.5 -13.9 279 31 328.2 328.6 293.2 335.6 2.15 13 400 7583 -17.5 -24.9 52 7.4 -19.4 276 28 332.3 332.5 293.5 336.8 1.27 14 350 8568 -24.7 -31.1 55 6.4 -25.9 263 26 335.5 335.6 294.0 338.5 0.82 15 300 9671 -33.3 -39.3 55 6.0 -34.0 242 27 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.1 0.42 16 250 10925 -42.8 -50.7 42 7.9 -43.3 222 21 342.4 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.15 17 200 12390 -54.2 -56.7 75 2.4 -54.3 111 16 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.09 18 150 14177 -65.3 -71.1 44 5.9 -65.3 228 18 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.02 19 100 16663 -63.0 -83.2 5 20.3 -63.1 193 17 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.62 m Freezing level: 570.84 mb = 4836.55 m = 15867.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.29 mb = 4600.96 m = 15094.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.90 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.44 mb = 913.65 m = 2997.49 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.01 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.36 mb = 2325.13 m = 7628.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.45 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 43.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2054.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.22 mb = 1713.21 m = 5620.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.22 mb = 2755.42 m = 9039.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.22 mb = 13614.41 m = 44666.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2052.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.3 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 271.3 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 570.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 570.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.21 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 274.46 m/s