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: 39.55,-95.95 Latitude: 39.55 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 73 SFC 966 373 28.6 24.2 77 4.4 25.3 97 9 304.7 308.4 299.6 364.6 20.03 2 950 524 27.4 23.0 77 4.4 24.1 105 14 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.5 18.89 3 900 1002 23.4 21.4 88 2.0 22.0 133 15 305.7 309.1 298.7 360.1 18.15 4 850 1501 21.7 18.2 80 3.6 19.2 186 19 308.9 311.8 298.0 356.3 15.61 5 800 2027 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.4 221 23 312.0 314.6 297.4 353.5 13.51 6 750 2581 15.9 12.3 79 3.6 13.5 242 26 313.8 316.2 296.9 351.3 12.09 7 700 3165 12.4 4.8 60 7.6 7.8 277 17 316.2 317.7 294.4 340.5 7.72 8 650 3783 8.6 -4.9 38 13.5 1.9 325 17 318.7 319.5 292.3 332.0 4.10 9 600 4439 3.8 -8.8 39 12.5 -2.0 310 27 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.3 3.28 10 550 5138 -2.2 -10.7 52 8.5 -5.8 298 34 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.7 3.08 11 500 5886 -8.6 -14.0 65 5.5 -10.6 291 35 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.3 2.58 12 450 6695 -13.4 -21.9 49 8.5 -15.9 292 37 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.6 1.48 13 400 7581 -19.1 -35.2 23 16.2 -22.1 292 39 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.0 0.48 14 350 8559 -27.2 -37.0 39 9.8 -28.7 300 48 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.46 15 300 9650 -34.9 -54.6 12 19.6 -36.2 287 49 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 16 250 10898 -43.5 -59.6 15 16.1 -44.2 274 45 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12369 -52.5 -69.7 11 17.1 -52.8 264 44 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14180 -62.6 -74.9 18 12.3 -62.7 268 39 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -64.6 -84.0 5 19.4 -64.8 273 17 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.18 m Freezing level: 568.30 mb = 4881.88 m = 16016.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4097.44 m = 13442.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 34.81 C = 94.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 929.57 m = 3049.73 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 33.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2010.26 m = 6595.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -9.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -7.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.72 C K Index: 40.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 597.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3367.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.59 mb = 1251.85 m = 4107.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.59 mb = 2699.33 m = 8855.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.59 mb = 14197.01 m = 46577.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3334.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.9 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 308.9 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.1 neg: -5.2 tot: 375.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.35 Bulk Rich Number: 17.77 Bulk Shear: 189.53 m/s