MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 36.14,-95.95 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 989 223 18.9 18.0 95 0.9 18.2 83 5 292.9 295.3 291.9 330.5 13.21 2 950 566 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.4 85 10 293.9 296.1 291.5 329.3 12.40 3 900 1027 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 75 8 297.7 300.0 292.8 334.0 12.48 4 850 1514 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 59 6 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.9 12.56 5 800 2028 13.6 11.7 88 1.9 12.4 34 4 305.7 307.7 293.9 338.2 10.84 6 750 2572 13.0 4.1 54 9.0 7.8 354 10 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.9 6.84 7 700 3150 10.2 2.2 58 8.0 5.6 333 13 313.7 315.0 292.7 333.8 6.40 8 650 3763 7.1 -8.1 33 15.2 0.1 320 18 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.4 3.19 9 600 4416 3.3 -8.7 41 12.0 -2.2 313 21 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.7 3.30 10 550 5115 -1.8 -8.1 62 6.3 -4.7 311 22 322.0 322.7 292.9 334.4 3.78 11 500 5868 -6.1 -11.3 67 5.1 -8.3 301 28 325.6 326.2 293.4 336.4 3.23 12 450 6686 -10.6 -14.7 72 4.1 -12.2 300 40 329.9 330.5 294.1 339.3 2.72 13 400 7583 -16.3 -19.3 77 3.0 -17.3 304 45 333.8 334.3 294.6 341.2 2.07 14 350 8573 -23.4 -27.9 67 4.4 -24.4 307 57 337.2 337.4 294.6 341.3 1.11 15 300 9682 -31.6 -38.9 48 7.3 -32.6 301 59 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.44 16 250 10946 -41.3 -45.8 62 4.4 -41.7 304 58 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.7 0.25 17 200 12421 -52.6 -59.7 42 7.0 -52.8 312 60 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14232 -62.6 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.8 321 52 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16667 -70.8 -82.1 17 11.4 -70.8 313 28 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.24 m Freezing level: 567.72 mb = 4867.31 m = 15968.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.26 mb = 3784.50 m = 12416.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.25 mb = 332.79 m = 1091.83 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.43 mb = 544.43 m = 1786.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.76 C = 67.57 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.33 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 27.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6486.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.12 mb = 710.00 m = 2329.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 354.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -15.2 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 54.48 m/s