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: 37.82,-96.58 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 963 432 27.4 21.9 72 5.4 23.4 111 14 303.8 307.0 297.8 355.8 17.48 2 950 551 26.7 20.4 68 6.3 22.2 115 21 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.3 16.12 3 900 1029 25.6 17.2 60 8.4 19.7 145 24 307.9 310.5 296.6 349.8 13.87 4 850 1530 22.0 15.7 68 6.3 17.7 167 23 309.2 311.7 296.6 349.8 13.35 5 800 2054 17.9 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 187 23 310.3 312.7 296.5 349.3 12.79 6 750 2605 14.5 10.3 76 4.2 11.7 195 23 312.3 314.3 295.4 344.8 10.55 7 700 3185 11.1 6.5 73 4.6 8.3 217 19 314.8 316.4 294.8 342.0 8.71 8 650 3800 7.0 3.2 77 3.8 4.8 249 19 316.9 318.3 294.4 340.4 7.43 9 600 4455 2.8 -1.4 74 4.2 0.5 274 22 319.3 320.4 293.8 337.8 5.76 10 550 5153 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 308 21 320.9 321.8 293.6 337.0 4.98 11 500 5901 -8.5 -10.9 83 2.4 -9.5 317 23 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.8 3.34 12 450 6710 -14.0 -18.1 71 4.1 -15.3 299 30 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.7 2.05 13 400 7595 -19.2 -27.1 50 7.9 -21.1 287 27 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.7 1.03 14 350 8575 -26.0 -35.4 41 9.3 -27.5 265 30 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.7 0.54 15 300 9673 -33.7 -46.8 25 13.1 -34.9 242 28 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.19 16 250 10927 -42.6 -52.7 32 10.1 -43.2 180 19 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.12 17 200 12395 -54.5 -57.2 71 2.8 -54.5 141 27 346.5 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.08 18 150 14183 -65.9 -70.6 52 4.7 -65.9 212 12 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16665 -62.1 -83.6 4 21.6 -62.3 218 15 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.75 m Freezing level: 574.71 mb = 4807.65 m = 15772.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.42 mb = 4543.05 m = 14904.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.25 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.28 mb = 1124.36 m = 3688.81 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2420.02 m = 7939.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 41.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1737.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.91 mb = 1831.11 m = 6007.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.91 mb = 3354.13 m = 11004.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.91 mb = 13192.49 m = 43281.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1733.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.91 mb = 16313.40 m = 53521.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 295.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.89 Bulk Rich Number: 10.09 Bulk Shear: 172.21 m/s