MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.84,-96.66 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 963 402 26.4 22.6 80 3.8 23.6 113 12 302.8 306.2 298.0 356.7 18.18 2 950 521 27.1 22.1 74 5.0 23.4 120 20 304.6 308.0 298.3 358.1 17.89 3 900 1002 27.7 17.5 54 10.2 20.5 164 29 310.1 312.7 297.3 353.2 14.15 4 850 1506 24.6 14.5 53 10.1 17.7 187 30 311.9 314.3 296.6 349.8 12.31 5 800 2035 20.7 12.7 60 8.0 15.3 203 26 313.2 315.4 296.4 349.1 11.63 6 750 2590 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 12.9 226 23 314.9 317.0 296.4 348.9 10.95 7 700 3175 12.5 8.5 77 4.0 9.9 258 22 316.3 318.2 296.1 347.6 9.99 8 650 3793 7.5 5.7 89 1.7 6.4 277 26 317.4 319.1 295.6 345.4 8.90 9 600 4448 3.3 -3.9 59 7.2 -0.3 298 16 320.0 320.9 293.2 335.4 4.77 10 550 5147 -1.6 -14.0 38 12.4 -6.5 292 13 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.35 11 500 5899 -5.9 -28.5 15 22.7 -11.9 287 11 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.73 12 450 6717 -10.5 -31.4 16 20.9 -15.5 297 12 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.4 0.62 13 400 7611 -17.5 -30.3 32 12.8 -20.4 289 14 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.0 0.77 14 350 8596 -24.8 -27.2 80 2.5 -25.4 277 25 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.17 15 300 9699 -33.1 -38.1 61 4.9 -33.8 265 22 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.48 16 250 10952 -43.2 -50.6 44 7.4 -43.6 263 41 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.15 17 200 12419 -53.7 -66.1 21 12.3 -54.0 257 41 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14221 -62.9 -75.4 17 12.5 -63.0 292 22 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.5 -81.9 7 17.5 -64.6 21 3 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.36 m Freezing level: 566.38 mb = 4918.22 m = 16135.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.46 mb = 4414.39 m = 14482.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.36 C = 97.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.98 mb = 893.64 m = 2931.84 ft T: 27.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 29.57 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2764.25 m = 9068.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.76 C = 101.77 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 40.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1956.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.80 mb = 1918.12 m = 6292.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.80 mb = 3468.41 m = 11379.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.80 mb = 13593.56 m = 44597.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1929.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 427.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 427.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.72 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 144.05 m/s