MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-95.29 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -95.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 975 304 29.3 24.0 73 5.3 25.3 166 12 304.6 308.3 299.3 363.2 19.58 2 950 537 26.8 22.1 75 4.7 23.3 175 18 304.4 307.7 298.2 357.6 17.85 3 900 1013 22.5 21.0 91 1.6 21.4 187 21 304.7 308.0 298.2 357.3 17.61 4 850 1510 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.8 212 26 306.8 309.8 297.6 354.6 15.87 5 800 2032 17.1 15.5 91 1.5 16.0 233 26 309.3 312.0 297.0 351.9 14.01 6 750 2582 15.7 9.9 69 5.7 12.0 257 22 313.6 315.5 295.6 345.4 10.28 7 700 3166 12.8 5.2 60 7.6 8.2 269 20 316.6 318.2 294.7 341.7 7.95 8 650 3785 8.9 0.0 54 8.9 4.0 288 19 319.1 320.2 293.8 338.0 5.90 9 600 4442 3.8 -6.5 47 10.3 -1.2 308 25 320.5 321.3 292.6 333.3 3.92 10 550 5141 -2.1 -10.4 53 8.2 -5.7 301 29 321.5 322.2 292.3 332.0 3.15 11 500 5890 -8.3 -15.2 58 6.9 -10.8 295 32 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.8 2.35 12 450 6699 -13.3 -24.4 39 11.1 -16.4 305 34 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.6 1.18 13 400 7585 -19.0 -35.0 23 16.0 -22.0 303 40 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.49 14 350 8566 -25.9 -47.2 12 21.2 -28.3 284 38 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.16 15 300 9663 -33.9 -51.3 16 17.4 -35.3 273 42 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.11 16 250 10917 -42.4 -59.9 13 17.6 -43.2 247 37 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12388 -53.6 -66.3 20 12.7 -53.9 248 37 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14186 -64.6 -74.3 25 9.7 -64.7 272 39 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16646 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 254 19 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.37 m Freezing level: 568.02 mb = 4889.11 m = 16040.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.17 mb = 4290.42 m = 14076.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.09 mb = 982.53 m = 3223.49 ft T: 22.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 32.58 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1376.89 m = 4517.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2826.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.83 mb = 1180.16 m = 3871.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.83 mb = 1737.24 m = 5699.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.83 mb = 2381.89 m = 7814.52 ft B at Equ Level: 7.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.83 mb = 3191.96 m = 10472.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.44 Bulk Rich Number: 22.47 Bulk Shear: 125.79 m/s