MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 36.05,-96.67 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -96.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 978 282 39.3 15.9 25 23.5 22.9 203 14 314.5 316.7 296.8 350.8 11.67 2 950 542 35.8 13.7 27 22.1 20.7 202 20 313.5 315.5 295.7 345.7 10.39 3 900 1030 31.0 12.7 33 18.3 18.7 201 21 313.5 315.5 295.6 345.5 10.33 4 850 1538 26.2 11.9 41 14.3 16.7 199 21 313.6 315.5 295.7 345.6 10.35 5 800 2068 21.1 10.9 52 10.2 14.4 198 21 313.7 315.6 295.7 345.6 10.32 6 750 2622 16.2 9.2 63 7.0 11.7 197 19 314.2 316.1 295.4 344.6 9.79 7 700 3206 13.1 4.2 55 8.9 7.8 203 13 317.0 318.4 294.4 340.3 7.39 8 650 3825 8.7 1.4 60 7.3 4.6 239 8 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.7 6.54 9 600 4482 3.6 -1.6 69 5.2 0.8 290 10 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.7 5.68 10 550 5182 -1.9 -3.4 90 1.5 -2.7 339 16 321.8 322.9 294.2 339.5 5.43 11 500 5933 -7.4 -9.3 87 1.8 -8.2 350 27 324.0 324.7 293.4 336.6 3.79 12 450 6746 -12.3 -22.0 44 9.8 -15.2 359 25 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.46 13 400 7635 -18.2 -27.3 45 9.1 -20.4 360 24 331.3 331.5 293.0 335.0 1.01 14 350 8619 -25.3 -34.7 41 9.3 -26.9 354 24 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.58 15 300 9716 -34.3 -40.4 54 6.1 -35.0 359 22 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.5 0.37 16 250 10966 -44.0 -48.6 60 4.6 -44.3 5 24 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 17 200 12422 -55.8 -58.5 72 2.7 -55.9 355 26 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14208 -64.8 -72.9 32 8.0 -64.9 350 24 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16654 -65.8 -83.3 7 17.5 -65.9 56 13 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.81 m Freezing level: 567.15 mb = 4941.78 m = 16212.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.05 mb = 4643.59 m = 15234.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.28 % Est. max temperature: 38.45 C = 101.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.92 mb = 3218.92 m = 10560.62 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.38 mb = 3921.62 m = 12866.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.86 C = 110.95 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 889.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.53 mb = 3307.64 m = 10851.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.53 mb = 4664.46 m = 15303.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.53 mb = 12854.93 m = 42174.47 ft B at Equ Level: 872.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.53 mb = 15234.48 m = 49981.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -25.4 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 51.71 Bulk Shear: 17.20 m/s