MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-95.38 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 979 307 27.5 20.7 67 6.8 22.6 149 5 302.5 305.4 296.5 349.5 15.90 2 950 571 24.7 19.0 70 5.7 20.6 157 8 302.2 305.0 295.7 345.6 14.68 3 900 1044 21.7 16.8 74 4.8 18.4 177 11 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.0 13.52 4 850 1539 19.8 14.2 70 5.6 16.0 196 14 306.9 309.1 295.1 343.2 12.04 5 800 2061 17.8 11.0 64 6.9 13.4 204 16 310.2 312.1 294.7 341.8 10.34 6 750 2610 13.9 9.6 75 4.3 11.1 198 17 311.6 313.5 294.9 342.5 10.03 7 700 3189 9.4 6.7 83 2.7 7.8 184 19 312.9 314.6 294.4 340.3 8.84 8 650 3800 5.4 1.3 75 4.1 3.1 179 22 315.1 316.3 293.2 335.5 6.48 9 600 4450 0.8 -3.5 73 4.3 -1.4 189 24 317.0 318.0 292.4 332.8 4.92 10 550 5145 -2.7 -3.3 95 0.6 -3.0 216 24 320.9 322.0 294.0 338.6 5.46 11 500 5895 -7.5 -8.6 92 1.0 -8.0 242 21 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.1 4.01 12 450 6707 -12.5 -18.1 63 5.5 -14.4 236 22 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.5 2.05 13 400 7597 -17.7 -24.4 56 6.8 -19.5 245 22 332.0 332.3 293.5 336.8 1.32 14 350 8583 -24.6 -29.6 63 5.0 -25.6 262 21 335.6 335.8 294.1 339.0 0.94 15 300 9686 -33.0 -33.8 93 0.8 -33.1 257 22 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.6 0.73 16 250 10940 -43.3 -43.7 95 0.5 -43.3 257 19 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.32 17 200 12401 -55.4 -58.8 65 3.4 -55.5 265 11 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14177 -67.0 -71.1 56 4.1 -67.1 201 19 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16647 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 164 9 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.86 m Freezing level: 588.80 mb = 4605.28 m = 15109.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.37 mb = 4244.40 m = 13925.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.10 mb = 1168.74 m = 3834.40 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 9.71 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2439.27 m = 8002.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 700.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.62 mb = 1471.77 m = 4828.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.62 mb = 3288.09 m = 10787.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.62 mb = 12348.36 m = 40512.50 ft B at Equ Level: 698.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.62 mb = 14973.42 m = 49124.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -4.0 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 28.63 Bulk Shear: 24.47 m/s