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: 37.69,-96.03 Latitude: 37.69 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 971 325 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.0 91 12 302.6 306.1 298.2 357.5 18.50 2 950 516 27.4 21.0 68 6.4 22.7 100 22 305.0 308.1 297.7 354.8 16.66 3 900 995 25.6 18.3 64 7.4 20.4 139 22 307.9 310.7 297.3 352.8 14.83 4 850 1497 22.7 16.0 66 6.7 18.1 173 24 309.9 312.5 296.9 351.3 13.58 5 800 2023 19.1 13.6 70 5.5 15.4 202 30 311.5 313.8 296.5 349.2 12.30 6 750 2575 14.6 11.5 82 3.0 12.6 216 33 312.4 314.6 296.1 347.7 11.48 7 700 3155 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.2 236 32 314.2 316.1 295.5 345.1 9.93 8 650 3770 7.8 3.7 75 4.1 5.4 245 30 317.8 319.2 294.8 342.1 7.68 9 600 4426 3.2 -0.3 78 3.5 1.3 268 28 319.8 321.0 294.3 339.9 6.26 10 550 5124 -2.3 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.3 280 31 321.3 322.3 293.8 337.8 5.08 11 500 5874 -6.9 -9.9 79 3.0 -8.2 280 31 324.7 325.4 293.5 336.7 3.60 12 450 6689 -11.7 -16.3 69 4.6 -13.3 277 31 328.5 329.0 293.5 336.7 2.38 13 400 7581 -17.1 -23.1 60 6.0 -18.8 275 30 332.7 333.0 293.8 338.0 1.49 14 350 8567 -24.4 -29.6 62 5.2 -25.5 266 28 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.4 0.94 15 300 9671 -33.2 -38.1 61 4.9 -33.8 247 28 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.4 0.48 16 250 10925 -42.9 -49.2 50 6.3 -43.3 224 23 342.3 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.17 17 200 12390 -54.2 -56.2 79 2.0 -54.3 122 15 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 14177 -65.6 -70.6 50 5.0 -65.7 223 17 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.6 -83.3 5 20.7 -62.9 193 17 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 571.20 mb = 4828.35 m = 15840.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.86 mb = 4617.37 m = 15148.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 35.07 C = 95.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.82 mb = 831.31 m = 2727.36 ft T: 26.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2300.78 m = 7548.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.18 C = 97.12 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 43.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1959.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.44 mb = 1646.88 m = 5403.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.44 mb = 2797.02 m = 9176.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.44 mb = 13759.17 m = 45141.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1948.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 547.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 547.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 182.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.78 Bulk Rich Number: 7.40 Bulk Shear: 264.99 m/s