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: 37.65,-95.86 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 973 310 27.0 22.9 78 4.1 24.0 85 12 302.5 305.9 298.1 356.9 18.34 2 950 520 27.7 20.4 65 7.2 22.5 99 20 305.3 308.3 297.4 353.4 16.11 3 900 999 25.7 17.9 62 7.8 20.2 143 19 308.0 310.7 297.0 351.8 14.48 4 850 1500 22.5 15.8 66 6.7 17.8 175 21 309.7 312.2 296.7 350.5 13.39 5 800 2026 18.8 13.4 71 5.4 15.2 206 27 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.6 12.21 6 750 2577 14.4 11.3 82 3.1 12.4 220 32 312.2 314.4 296.0 347.1 11.32 7 700 3157 10.5 8.0 85 2.5 8.9 240 32 314.1 315.9 295.3 344.1 9.67 8 650 3772 7.5 3.5 75 4.1 5.2 247 31 317.5 319.0 294.7 341.5 7.59 9 600 4427 3.0 -0.4 78 3.5 1.1 264 29 319.6 320.8 294.2 339.5 6.20 10 550 5126 -2.4 -4.5 86 2.1 -3.4 276 32 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.5 5.00 11 500 5876 -7.0 -10.2 78 3.2 -8.3 278 33 324.6 325.3 293.4 336.4 3.53 12 450 6690 -12.0 -16.7 68 4.7 -13.6 279 33 328.2 328.7 293.3 336.1 2.30 13 400 7581 -17.5 -24.5 55 6.9 -19.4 273 28 332.2 332.5 293.6 336.9 1.32 14 350 8566 -24.7 -30.5 59 5.8 -25.9 263 26 335.4 335.6 294.0 338.6 0.86 15 300 9668 -33.3 -38.6 59 5.3 -34.0 245 26 338.5 338.5 294.4 340.2 0.45 16 250 10923 -42.9 -49.2 50 6.3 -43.3 221 18 342.3 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.17 17 200 12388 -54.1 -55.7 82 1.6 -54.2 106 14 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.10 18 150 14178 -65.2 -69.5 55 4.3 -65.3 213 11 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16664 -62.8 -83.3 5 20.5 -63.0 198 17 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.35 m Freezing level: 572.12 mb = 4816.84 m = 15803.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.60 mb = 4595.01 m = 15075.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.99 % Est. max temperature: 34.93 C = 94.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.38 mb = 839.18 m = 2753.19 ft T: 26.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2323.00 m = 7621.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.18 C = 97.13 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.44 mb = 1691.87 m = 5550.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.44 mb = 2845.71 m = 9336.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.44 mb = 13531.40 m = 44393.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1802.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 489.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.67 Bulk Rich Number: 7.38 Bulk Shear: 246.23 m/s