MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 38.43,-95.24 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 978 308 28.8 19.7 58 9.1 22.3 211 5 303.9 306.6 296.2 348.2 14.90 2 950 567 27.6 17.6 54 10.0 20.6 227 10 305.2 307.7 295.6 345.4 13.44 3 900 1043 23.2 16.6 66 6.6 18.6 250 9 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.2 13.29 4 850 1539 19.0 15.1 78 3.9 16.3 280 9 306.0 308.4 295.4 344.4 12.79 5 800 2058 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.5 297 12 307.0 309.2 294.8 342.2 11.69 6 750 2602 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.2 313 16 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.4 10.00 7 700 3177 7.7 5.6 87 2.1 6.5 322 21 311.0 312.6 293.4 336.3 8.20 8 650 3784 3.3 -1.3 72 4.6 0.9 324 26 312.6 313.7 291.6 329.4 5.34 9 600 4428 -0.1 -14.0 34 13.9 -5.4 331 25 316.0 316.4 289.7 323.1 2.16 10 550 5121 -2.9 -29.7 11 26.9 -9.9 342 24 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.8 0.59 11 500 5869 -7.7 -32.6 12 24.9 -13.5 342 25 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.49 12 450 6679 -13.5 -36.0 13 22.5 -17.9 336 24 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.7 0.39 13 400 7562 -20.3 -36.8 21 16.5 -23.1 334 22 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.41 14 350 8537 -27.3 -39.8 29 12.5 -29.0 327 23 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.34 15 300 9628 -35.9 -47.8 28 11.9 -36.9 315 26 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10865 -46.3 -55.3 35 9.0 -46.7 311 36 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12316 -54.6 -65.0 26 10.4 -54.8 308 50 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14123 -62.2 -75.2 16 13.1 -62.3 312 57 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16610 -64.1 -83.2 6 19.1 -64.3 320 25 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.73 m Freezing level: 601.65 mb = 4407.17 m = 14459.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.90 mb = 3872.10 m = 12703.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.71 mb = 1471.24 m = 4826.84 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.38 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2032.97 m = 6669.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 39.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1393.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.21 mb = 1813.43 m = 5949.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.21 mb = 2290.93 m = 7516.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.21 mb = 12372.81 m = 40592.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.21 mb = 15584.28 m = 51128.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.7 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 352.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 23.09 Bulk Shear: 60.34 m/s