MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 36.10,-94.12 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 963 430 20.2 19.9 98 0.2 20.0 278 6 296.5 299.3 294.6 340.9 15.39 2 950 543 19.4 19.2 98 0.3 19.2 277 12 296.9 299.6 294.3 339.8 14.86 3 900 1009 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 255 21 300.3 302.7 294.3 339.7 13.44 4 850 1499 16.4 14.0 85 2.4 14.8 239 19 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.6 11.87 5 800 2013 13.2 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 225 16 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.4 10.74 6 750 2555 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.5 205 17 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.2 9.72 7 700 3127 7.2 6.3 94 0.9 6.6 207 21 310.4 312.0 293.5 336.8 8.58 8 650 3734 3.6 3.2 97 0.4 3.4 219 23 313.0 314.5 293.4 336.2 7.44 9 600 4381 0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 239 27 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.3 6.36 10 550 5076 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 249 30 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.2 5.62 11 500 5828 -6.4 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.7 258 29 325.2 326.1 294.4 340.3 4.56 12 450 6645 -10.9 -11.6 94 0.8 -11.2 268 29 329.6 330.3 294.7 341.4 3.49 13 400 7541 -16.2 -16.6 97 0.4 -16.4 261 34 333.9 334.4 295.0 343.0 2.61 14 350 8533 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 253 35 337.8 338.1 295.3 344.0 1.72 15 300 9644 -31.6 -31.6 100 -0.0 -31.6 249 40 340.9 341.1 295.3 344.3 0.91 16 250 10905 -42.1 -42.1 100 -0.0 -42.1 248 43 343.5 343.6 295.5 345.0 0.38 17 200 12371 -55.5 -55.6 99 0.1 -55.5 248 49 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.10 18 150 14144 -64.7 -73.6 29 8.8 -64.8 283 50 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16589 -69.0 -81.3 15 12.3 -69.1 268 31 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.58 m Freezing level: 599.43 mb = 4389.01 m = 14399.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.57 mb = 4373.40 m = 14348.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.35 mb = 458.45 m = 1504.09 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1539.73 m = 5051.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.82 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.34 mb = 1043.45 m = 3423.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.34 mb = 2539.72 m = 8332.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.34 mb = 5201.07 m = 17063.68 ft B at Equ Level: 83.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.34 mb = 7703.91 m = 25274.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -32.7 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 20.28 m/s