MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 39.38,-95.95 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 967 368 28.8 24.2 76 4.6 25.3 114 10 304.9 308.6 299.7 364.9 20.03 2 950 521 27.8 22.9 75 4.9 24.2 122 16 305.4 308.9 299.1 361.8 18.83 3 900 1000 24.5 21.1 81 3.4 22.0 151 17 306.8 310.1 298.8 360.3 17.75 4 850 1501 22.5 17.8 75 4.7 19.2 194 20 309.7 312.6 298.0 356.2 15.27 5 800 2028 19.8 14.9 73 4.9 16.4 225 22 312.3 314.8 297.4 353.6 13.43 6 750 2582 15.9 12.4 80 3.5 13.6 247 25 313.9 316.2 297.0 351.5 12.16 7 700 3166 12.7 4.6 58 8.1 7.8 282 16 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.5 7.61 8 650 3784 8.8 -5.0 37 13.9 1.9 328 17 319.0 319.7 292.3 332.1 4.05 9 600 4440 3.9 -8.7 39 12.6 -1.9 312 26 320.7 321.3 292.2 331.6 3.30 10 550 5140 -2.0 -10.8 51 8.8 -5.8 298 33 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.8 3.04 11 500 5889 -8.4 -14.1 63 5.7 -10.5 292 34 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.5 2.57 12 450 6698 -13.3 -22.1 47 8.8 -15.9 294 36 326.6 326.8 292.2 331.6 1.44 13 400 7585 -19.0 -36.2 20 17.2 -22.1 293 39 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.43 14 350 8563 -27.1 -39.2 31 12.1 -28.8 299 47 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.6 0.36 15 300 9654 -34.9 -54.8 11 19.9 -36.2 287 47 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 16 250 10902 -43.6 -59.3 16 15.7 -44.2 273 44 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12373 -52.5 -69.5 11 17.1 -52.8 264 44 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14185 -62.8 -74.9 18 12.1 -62.9 268 37 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16659 -64.8 -84.0 5 19.2 -65.0 277 18 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.13 m Freezing level: 566.87 mb = 4903.99 m = 16089.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4109.21 m = 13481.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.76 % Est. max temperature: 35.26 C = 95.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.29 mb = 957.97 m = 3142.91 ft T: 24.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 33.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2107.88 m = 6915.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.44 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -8.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -7.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.88 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 40.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3372.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.52 mb = 1372.82 m = 4503.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.52 mb = 2724.00 m = 8936.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.52 mb = 14286.66 m = 46871.68 ft B at Equ Level: 3334.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.5 neg: -6.1 tot: 343.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.80 Bulk Rich Number: 18.08 Bulk Shear: 186.53 m/s