MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.63,-95.22 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 978 303 31.1 20.7 54 10.4 23.5 194 5 306.2 309.1 297.5 353.9 15.90 2 950 560 27.8 18.7 58 9.1 21.4 201 7 305.4 308.1 296.4 348.8 14.47 3 900 1037 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.2 212 7 305.8 308.4 296.1 347.5 13.94 4 850 1533 19.1 16.2 83 2.9 17.1 211 8 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.6 13.80 5 800 2053 16.1 13.6 85 2.5 14.4 216 9 308.3 310.7 295.7 345.8 12.36 6 750 2600 12.7 10.5 86 2.2 11.3 214 12 310.4 312.4 295.1 343.1 10.70 7 700 3176 8.8 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 203 14 312.2 314.1 295.0 342.7 9.88 8 650 3787 5.5 3.4 86 2.1 4.2 197 15 315.1 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.52 9 600 4437 1.7 -3.5 68 5.2 -1.0 197 16 318.0 319.0 292.7 333.9 4.92 10 550 5133 -2.7 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.1 217 17 320.9 321.9 293.9 338.3 5.38 11 500 5883 -6.7 -8.6 86 1.9 -7.5 230 18 324.9 325.6 293.9 338.2 4.00 12 450 6699 -10.9 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.9 237 21 329.5 330.0 293.7 337.7 2.36 13 400 7593 -16.6 -22.7 59 6.1 -18.4 253 23 333.4 333.7 294.0 338.9 1.54 14 350 8583 -22.8 -33.4 38 10.6 -24.9 268 21 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.5 0.65 15 300 9692 -31.5 -37.5 55 6.0 -32.4 266 16 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.9 0.51 16 250 10953 -41.9 -49.1 45 7.3 -42.3 296 22 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.17 17 200 12421 -54.7 -57.5 72 2.7 -54.8 239 2 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14204 -66.8 -70.0 64 3.2 -66.8 286 22 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16650 -63.0 -83.7 4 20.7 -63.2 167 9 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.00 m Freezing level: 580.91 mb = 4702.74 m = 15428.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.36 mb = 4311.41 m = 14144.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.69 mb = 1617.58 m = 5306.95 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.68 mb = 2088.05 m = 6850.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 41.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.34 mb = 1754.53 m = 5756.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.34 mb = 2561.92 m = 8405.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.34 mb = 12960.04 m = 42519.29 ft B at Equ Level: 934.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.34 mb = 15894.80 m = 52147.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 155.87 Bulk Shear: 6.01 m/s