MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.64,-97.21 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 960 425 34.6 17.6 37 17.0 22.5 160 19 311.4 313.9 297.1 352.1 13.30 2 950 514 34.3 16.5 35 17.8 21.8 162 27 312.0 314.4 296.8 350.6 12.56 3 900 1001 30.1 14.6 39 15.5 19.5 169 35 312.5 314.8 296.3 348.6 11.71 4 850 1509 26.4 12.7 43 13.7 17.2 187 34 313.8 315.9 296.1 347.7 10.92 5 800 2040 22.2 10.8 49 11.3 14.7 202 33 314.8 316.7 295.9 346.7 10.25 6 750 2597 17.8 8.8 55 9.0 12.0 222 30 315.9 317.8 295.7 345.7 9.52 7 700 3184 14.3 4.2 51 10.0 8.3 249 23 318.3 319.7 294.8 341.9 7.43 8 650 3806 11.1 -2.0 40 13.2 4.0 284 13 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.1 5.08 9 600 4468 5.6 -5.2 46 10.8 0.1 296 12 322.6 323.4 293.5 336.8 4.31 10 550 5171 -0.7 -6.8 63 6.1 -3.6 308 12 323.2 324.0 293.6 337.0 4.17 11 500 5924 -6.8 -9.9 78 3.1 -8.2 319 12 324.7 325.4 293.5 336.7 3.60 12 450 6738 -12.3 -18.1 62 5.7 -14.3 329 10 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.8 2.05 13 400 7629 -18.0 -26.5 47 8.6 -20.1 288 6 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.6 1.09 14 350 8611 -25.9 -30.8 63 4.9 -26.8 306 14 333.8 334.0 293.6 336.9 0.84 15 300 9709 -34.0 -35.4 87 1.4 -34.2 310 20 337.4 337.6 294.3 339.8 0.62 16 250 10958 -44.4 -45.4 90 1.0 -44.5 304 21 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.27 17 200 12411 -56.1 -58.1 78 2.0 -56.2 296 19 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 18 150 14199 -65.0 -71.4 41 6.4 -65.1 293 24 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16658 -64.6 -83.3 6 18.7 -64.7 151 8 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.61 m Freezing level: 555.89 mb = 5088.58 m = 16694.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.17 mb = 4492.46 m = 14738.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.23 % Est. max temperature: 37.76 C = 99.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.42 mb = 2580.27 m = 8465.36 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.64 mb = 3990.85 m = 13093.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.94 C = 112.89 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1354.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 306.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.16 mb = 2930.31 m = 9613.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.16 mb = 4795.70 m = 15733.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.16 mb = 13200.03 m = 43306.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1342.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.16 mb = 16295.75 m = 53463.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 14.18 Bulk Shear: 95.49 m/s