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: 39.61,-95.95 Latitude: 39.61 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 74 SFC 967 370 28.3 24.1 78 4.2 25.2 97 9 304.4 308.1 299.4 363.9 19.92 2 950 525 27.1 22.9 77 4.3 24.0 105 14 304.7 308.2 298.9 360.9 18.77 3 900 1002 23.3 21.3 89 1.9 21.9 133 15 305.5 308.8 298.6 359.6 18.04 4 850 1501 21.5 18.2 81 3.4 19.1 187 18 308.7 311.7 297.9 356.1 15.62 5 800 2027 19.5 14.9 75 4.6 16.4 222 22 312.0 314.5 297.4 353.4 13.48 6 750 2581 15.9 12.2 79 3.7 13.4 243 25 313.8 316.1 296.8 350.9 11.97 7 700 3165 12.4 4.2 57 8.3 7.5 279 16 316.3 317.7 294.2 339.6 7.39 8 650 3782 8.6 -5.1 37 13.7 1.8 324 17 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.03 9 600 4438 3.7 -8.8 39 12.5 -2.0 309 26 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.2 3.27 10 550 5137 -2.2 -10.8 52 8.5 -5.9 297 34 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.6 3.06 11 500 5885 -8.6 -14.4 63 5.8 -10.8 291 36 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.0 2.50 12 450 6694 -13.4 -21.9 49 8.5 -15.9 292 38 326.4 326.6 292.1 331.5 1.47 13 400 7580 -19.2 -33.9 26 14.8 -22.0 292 40 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.1 0.54 14 350 8557 -27.3 -35.8 45 8.4 -28.6 300 49 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.9 0.52 15 300 9648 -35.0 -53.7 13 18.7 -36.3 287 50 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10896 -43.5 -59.8 15 16.3 -44.2 274 45 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 17 200 12367 -52.5 -69.8 11 17.3 -52.8 264 44 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14179 -62.6 -74.8 18 12.2 -62.7 268 40 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -64.5 -84.0 5 19.5 -64.7 274 17 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.33 m Freezing level: 568.89 mb = 4872.83 m = 15986.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4081.74 m = 13391.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.30 % Est. max temperature: 34.71 C = 94.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.05 mb = 903.98 m = 2965.78 ft T: 24.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 32.75 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2010.07 m = 6594.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.71 C = 96.28 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -8.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 594.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3274.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.56 mb = 1232.41 m = 4043.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.56 mb = 2791.43 m = 9158.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.56 mb = 14113.70 m = 46304.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3245.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 351.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.71 Bulk Rich Number: 18.00 Bulk Shear: 181.87 m/s