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: 37.71,-96.38 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -96.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 404 27.2 22.8 77 4.5 24.0 91 12 303.7 307.1 298.4 358.6 18.43 2 950 515 27.3 21.5 71 5.8 23.0 97 18 304.9 308.1 298.0 356.3 17.22 3 900 994 26.0 18.4 63 7.6 20.6 141 23 308.3 311.1 297.4 353.6 14.97 4 850 1497 23.3 15.8 63 7.5 18.1 173 26 310.5 313.1 297.0 351.5 13.41 5 800 2024 19.7 13.0 65 6.7 15.3 199 32 312.2 314.5 296.4 348.8 11.89 6 750 2577 15.4 10.6 73 4.8 12.2 216 33 313.3 315.3 295.8 346.5 10.74 7 700 3159 11.0 8.2 83 2.7 9.3 237 33 314.7 316.5 295.6 345.3 9.84 8 650 3774 8.2 3.5 72 4.7 5.4 258 30 318.2 319.7 294.9 342.3 7.60 9 600 4432 3.6 -0.6 74 4.2 1.3 278 29 320.3 321.5 294.3 339.9 6.10 10 550 5131 -2.0 -5.7 76 3.6 -3.8 285 29 321.7 322.6 293.4 336.6 4.56 11 500 5881 -7.3 -12.6 66 5.4 -9.4 286 30 324.2 324.8 292.8 333.9 2.90 12 450 6694 -12.5 -21.0 49 8.5 -15.1 283 32 327.5 327.9 292.6 333.1 1.60 13 400 7584 -18.0 -27.8 42 9.8 -20.4 273 30 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.1 0.97 14 350 8567 -25.2 -33.3 47 8.0 -26.7 263 28 334.7 334.9 293.6 337.2 0.66 15 300 9668 -33.4 -40.9 46 7.6 -34.3 238 28 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.7 0.36 16 250 10922 -43.0 -49.1 51 6.1 -43.4 219 29 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.18 17 200 12385 -54.8 -60.0 53 5.2 -54.9 163 18 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.06 18 150 14171 -65.0 -71.5 40 6.5 -65.1 225 23 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16662 -62.4 -83.4 4 21.1 -62.6 192 17 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.62 m Freezing level: 568.04 mb = 4878.70 m = 16006.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.16 mb = 4605.44 m = 15109.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.42 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.84 mb = 976.22 m = 3202.77 ft T: 26.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.47 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2441.70 m = 8010.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.42 C = 97.56 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 43.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 505.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2181.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.03 mb = 1756.03 m = 5761.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.03 mb = 2920.58 m = 9581.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.03 mb = 13769.40 m = 45174.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2168.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 605.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 605.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 201.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.58 Bulk Shear: 254.14 m/s