MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-96.26 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 973 347 30.4 22.3 62 8.1 24.5 70 5 305.9 309.2 298.5 359.2 17.73 2 950 562 28.3 20.3 62 8.0 22.5 90 5 305.9 308.9 297.4 353.8 15.99 3 900 1040 24.0 19.1 74 4.9 20.5 145 4 306.3 309.2 297.4 353.3 15.67 4 850 1538 20.3 17.5 84 2.8 18.3 190 11 307.4 310.2 297.2 352.5 14.96 5 800 2060 17.0 15.1 89 1.9 15.7 204 16 309.2 311.8 296.8 350.6 13.61 6 750 2610 14.2 10.3 77 3.9 11.7 220 18 312.0 314.0 295.4 344.5 10.55 7 700 3189 10.2 6.8 79 3.5 8.1 233 18 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.4 8.87 8 650 3802 5.8 3.0 82 2.9 4.2 241 17 315.5 317.0 294.0 338.5 7.31 9 600 4453 1.4 0.6 95 0.7 1.0 248 17 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.9 6.69 10 550 5150 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.9 264 20 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.0 5.56 11 500 5901 -6.6 -8.6 85 2.1 -7.5 271 20 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.3 3.99 12 450 6718 -11.0 -14.2 78 3.1 -12.3 274 17 329.3 329.9 294.1 339.1 2.84 13 400 7614 -16.2 -19.8 74 3.6 -17.4 275 17 333.9 334.3 294.6 340.9 1.99 14 350 8606 -23.0 -27.2 68 4.2 -24.0 274 20 337.8 338.0 294.8 342.1 1.17 15 300 9715 -31.8 -35.1 72 3.3 -32.3 258 20 340.5 340.7 295.0 343.0 0.64 16 250 10975 -42.4 -44.6 78 2.3 -42.6 252 17 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.2 0.29 17 200 12440 -55.4 -57.6 76 2.2 -55.4 255 16 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.08 18 150 14216 -67.5 -70.4 67 2.9 -67.5 291 16 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 19 100 16648 -66.0 -82.4 8 16.4 -66.1 319 11 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.64 m Freezing level: 582.79 mb = 4692.84 m = 15396.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.43 mb = 4622.48 m = 15165.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.08 mb = 1374.62 m = 4509.85 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1930.72 m = 6334.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 40.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2023.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.63 mb = 1612.97 m = 5291.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.63 mb = 2636.13 m = 8648.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.63 mb = 14311.75 m = 46953.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1999.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 40.04 Bulk Shear: 50.54 m/s