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: 39.51,-95.63 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 971 337 28.4 24.3 79 4.0 25.3 99 8 304.1 307.8 299.5 364.1 20.11 2 950 528 27.0 22.8 78 4.1 23.9 113 13 304.6 308.0 298.8 360.6 18.75 3 900 1005 23.2 21.3 89 1.9 21.8 146 14 305.4 308.8 298.6 359.4 18.00 4 850 1504 21.4 18.2 82 3.1 19.2 193 20 308.5 311.5 297.9 356.1 15.71 5 800 2029 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.4 227 23 311.4 314.1 297.4 353.7 13.81 6 750 2582 15.7 12.4 81 3.3 13.4 250 25 313.6 315.9 296.9 351.1 12.13 7 700 3166 12.3 4.3 58 7.9 7.5 285 16 316.1 317.5 294.2 339.6 7.47 8 650 3783 8.5 -4.3 40 12.8 2.0 323 17 318.5 319.4 292.4 332.4 4.28 9 600 4439 3.6 -8.9 40 12.5 -2.1 309 27 320.3 320.9 292.0 331.0 3.26 10 550 5138 -2.3 -11.3 50 8.9 -6.1 299 33 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.1 2.94 11 500 5885 -8.5 -14.2 63 5.7 -10.6 291 35 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.2 2.55 12 450 6695 -13.4 -22.1 48 8.7 -16.0 294 37 326.4 326.6 292.1 331.4 1.45 13 400 7581 -19.2 -35.0 23 15.8 -22.1 292 40 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.49 14 350 8557 -27.4 -41.7 25 14.3 -29.2 297 48 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.28 15 300 9649 -34.7 -55.5 10 20.8 -36.1 285 48 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10899 -43.4 -59.4 15 16.0 -44.0 271 45 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 17 200 12370 -52.3 -69.3 11 17.0 -52.7 263 45 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14182 -62.8 -74.8 18 12.0 -63.0 264 38 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16658 -64.5 -84.0 5 19.5 -64.7 273 18 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.55 m Freezing level: 569.68 mb = 4862.67 m = 15953.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.47 mb = 4098.32 m = 13445.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.46 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.21 mb = 847.52 m = 2780.53 ft T: 24.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 33.11 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1787.46 m = 5864.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -8.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.74 C K Index: 40.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 594.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3269.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.95 mb = 1191.83 m = 3910.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.95 mb = 2628.24 m = 8622.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.95 mb = 13936.68 m = 45723.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3263.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 343.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.60 Bulk Rich Number: 19.98 Bulk Shear: 163.65 m/s