MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 37.69,-96.91 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 964 411 30.2 21.7 61 8.5 24.0 115 14 306.5 309.7 298.4 358.3 17.23 2 950 544 29.7 19.9 56 9.8 22.6 120 21 307.4 310.3 297.6 354.5 15.62 3 900 1025 26.4 17.3 57 9.1 20.0 142 24 308.8 311.4 296.8 351.1 13.96 4 850 1527 22.6 15.5 64 7.1 17.7 163 24 309.8 312.3 296.5 349.7 13.11 5 800 2052 18.3 13.9 75 4.5 15.3 181 23 310.7 313.1 296.4 349.1 12.56 6 750 2603 14.8 10.7 77 4.1 12.1 206 17 312.6 314.7 295.8 346.1 10.86 7 700 3184 11.3 7.3 77 3.9 8.8 239 17 314.9 316.7 295.2 343.8 9.24 8 650 3800 7.2 3.2 76 3.9 4.9 257 18 317.1 318.5 294.5 340.7 7.46 9 600 4454 2.5 -1.0 77 3.6 0.6 272 19 319.1 320.2 293.9 338.1 5.93 10 550 5151 -3.0 -4.1 92 1.1 -3.5 293 19 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.2 5.16 11 500 5899 -8.5 -10.6 85 2.1 -9.4 308 25 322.7 323.3 292.8 333.9 3.40 12 450 6708 -13.5 -18.7 65 5.2 -15.2 296 32 326.2 326.6 292.5 332.9 1.94 13 400 7595 -18.9 -27.1 48 8.2 -20.9 286 27 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.2 1.04 14 350 8576 -25.8 -36.4 37 10.6 -27.5 261 29 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.49 15 300 9674 -33.5 -47.7 23 14.1 -34.8 237 26 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.17 16 250 10929 -42.7 -54.7 26 12.1 -43.3 179 21 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 17 200 12397 -54.5 -60.7 46 6.2 -54.7 152 27 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 18 150 14183 -65.4 -71.0 46 5.6 -65.5 225 16 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16664 -62.5 -83.4 4 20.9 -62.7 215 18 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.08 m Freezing level: 577.02 mb = 4774.40 m = 15663.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.37 mb = 4556.42 m = 14948.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.56 mb = 1490.07 m = 4888.62 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 25.41 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2518.64 m = 8263.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.95 C = 96.71 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.08 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 42.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1976.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.31 mb = 2037.61 m = 6684.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.31 mb = 3228.11 m = 10590.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.31 mb = 13542.29 m = 44429.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1964.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.97 Bulk Rich Number: 12.09 Bulk Shear: 163.50 m/s