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: 38.63,-95.16 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 979 298 19.6 18.3 92 1.3 18.7 136 5 294.5 297.0 292.7 333.6 13.64 2 950 559 23.1 15.7 63 7.4 18.1 167 8 300.7 302.8 293.2 335.6 11.89 3 900 1031 22.3 12.7 54 9.6 16.0 188 13 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.2 10.28 4 850 1526 19.9 9.6 51 10.4 13.4 194 7 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.84 5 800 2047 16.9 7.3 53 9.6 11.1 272 5 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.9 8.06 6 750 2594 13.1 5.3 59 7.8 8.5 306 10 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.9 7.48 7 700 3172 9.7 2.4 61 7.3 5.6 314 18 313.2 314.4 292.7 333.6 6.52 8 650 3784 5.7 -1.2 61 6.9 2.1 319 25 315.4 316.4 292.4 332.5 5.38 9 600 4436 2.8 -5.5 54 8.3 -1.2 318 29 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.2 4.24 10 550 5134 -2.1 -9.7 56 7.6 -5.4 321 32 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.34 11 500 5883 -7.7 -13.8 61 6.1 -10.1 327 34 323.6 324.1 292.4 332.5 2.62 12 450 6693 -14.3 -16.6 82 2.3 -15.0 313 37 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.2 2.32 13 400 7575 -20.1 -21.1 92 1.0 -20.4 305 38 328.8 329.2 293.0 335.0 1.78 14 350 8551 -26.4 -26.6 98 0.2 -26.5 287 26 333.2 333.4 293.7 337.6 1.24 15 300 9648 -33.8 -33.8 100 -0.0 -33.8 245 13 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10901 -43.0 -43.0 100 -0.0 -43.0 182 22 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.34 17 200 12368 -54.2 -54.3 100 0.0 -54.2 164 44 346.9 346.9 296.1 347.4 0.12 18 150 14155 -65.9 -67.1 85 1.2 -65.9 175 42 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.03 19 100 16671 -61.9 -82.1 5 20.2 -62.1 211 3 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.97 m Freezing level: 571.14 mb = 4838.83 m = 15875.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.45 mb = 4188.94 m = 13743.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.88 mb = 460.41 m = 1510.50 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.50 mb = 3023.79 m = 9920.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.55 C = 99.59 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 609.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.83 mb = 1732.64 m = 5684.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 444.83 mb = 6779.08 m = 22240.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.83 mb = 7302.26 m = 23957.25 ft B at Equ Level: 36.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.83 mb = 8656.97 m = 28401.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 93.68 m/s