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: 37.66,-96.01 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -96.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 318 27.3 23.0 78 4.2 24.2 92 12 302.9 306.3 298.3 357.9 18.55 2 950 517 27.7 20.9 66 6.9 22.8 102 22 305.3 308.4 297.7 354.9 16.56 3 900 996 25.7 18.2 63 7.5 20.4 139 22 308.0 310.8 297.3 352.8 14.81 4 850 1498 22.7 16.0 66 6.7 18.1 172 24 309.9 312.5 296.9 351.4 13.60 5 800 2024 19.1 13.6 70 5.5 15.4 202 30 311.5 313.9 296.5 349.3 12.32 6 750 2575 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 216 33 312.4 314.6 296.2 347.9 11.54 7 700 3156 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.2 237 32 314.2 316.1 295.5 345.0 9.91 8 650 3771 7.9 3.5 74 4.4 5.3 245 31 317.9 319.3 294.8 341.9 7.59 9 600 4427 3.3 -0.4 77 3.7 1.3 268 29 319.9 321.1 294.3 339.8 6.19 10 550 5126 -2.4 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.4 282 32 321.2 322.2 293.7 337.6 5.05 11 500 5875 -7.0 -10.1 78 3.1 -8.3 280 32 324.6 325.3 293.4 336.4 3.55 12 450 6690 -11.8 -16.6 67 4.8 -13.5 277 31 328.4 328.9 293.4 336.4 2.32 13 400 7582 -17.2 -23.6 57 6.4 -19.0 275 29 332.6 332.9 293.7 337.7 1.42 14 350 8568 -24.5 -30.0 60 5.5 -25.6 265 27 335.8 335.9 294.1 339.1 0.90 15 300 9671 -33.2 -38.5 59 5.3 -33.9 245 28 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.46 16 250 10925 -42.8 -49.9 46 7.0 -43.3 223 22 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.16 17 200 12390 -54.2 -56.2 78 2.0 -54.3 115 15 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 14177 -65.5 -70.8 48 5.3 -65.6 225 17 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.8 -83.3 5 20.5 -63.0 193 17 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.15 m Freezing level: 571.25 mb = 4828.60 m = 15841.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.50 mb = 4609.71 m = 15123.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.20 % Est. max temperature: 35.12 C = 95.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.21 mb = 857.05 m = 2811.83 ft T: 26.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2303.57 m = 7557.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.24 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 43.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1986.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.44 mb = 1668.28 m = 5473.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.44 mb = 2820.72 m = 9254.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.44 mb = 13837.30 m = 45397.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1970.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 554.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 554.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.90 Bulk Rich Number: 7.36 Bulk Shear: 270.00 m/s