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: 38.74,-96.52 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 966 407 21.7 18.4 81 3.3 19.4 113 14 297.8 300.3 293.9 338.1 13.90 2 950 552 21.2 17.8 81 3.4 18.9 117 23 298.7 301.2 293.9 338.4 13.64 3 900 1025 23.7 18.0 71 5.6 19.7 157 25 305.9 308.6 296.5 349.7 14.60 4 850 1523 20.3 16.2 77 4.2 17.4 176 22 307.4 310.0 296.4 348.8 13.71 5 800 2045 17.3 12.3 72 5.0 14.0 196 23 309.6 311.8 295.3 344.1 11.31 6 750 2594 14.5 8.4 67 6.1 10.7 212 26 312.4 314.1 294.6 341.1 9.29 7 700 3176 11.9 5.2 63 6.8 7.9 240 22 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.6 7.93 8 650 3793 8.2 0.8 59 7.4 4.1 301 14 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.3 6.26 9 600 4448 2.9 -2.7 67 5.6 0.0 322 14 319.5 320.5 293.4 336.4 5.24 10 550 5146 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.1 -5.0 315 18 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.7 3.88 11 500 5894 -8.2 -14.6 60 6.4 -10.6 306 27 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.4 2.46 12 450 6704 -13.6 -18.9 65 5.2 -15.3 302 33 326.1 326.5 292.4 332.7 1.92 13 400 7590 -19.1 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.9 286 32 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.2 1.13 14 350 8569 -26.3 -33.3 52 7.0 -27.5 262 31 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.7 0.66 15 300 9666 -33.9 -44.7 33 10.8 -35.0 243 31 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.24 16 250 10918 -43.3 -44.2 91 0.8 -43.4 196 31 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.30 17 200 12385 -54.1 -54.8 92 0.7 -54.1 155 40 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.11 18 150 14175 -66.3 -70.3 57 4.0 -66.4 212 25 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16663 -61.8 -83.5 4 21.8 -62.0 201 11 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.09 m Freezing level: 573.88 mb = 4812.91 m = 15790.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.80 mb = 4450.92 m = 14602.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.08 mb = 831.74 m = 2728.76 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.28 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.71 mb = 2552.27 m = 8373.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.93 C = 96.67 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 37.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 293.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.57 mb = 1466.01 m = 4809.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.57 mb = 4440.43 m = 14568.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.57 mb = 11741.38 m = 38521.11 ft B at Equ Level: 800.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.57 mb = 15025.99 m = 49297.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 195.18 m/s