MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38.57,-95.71 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 976 335 28.3 20.1 61 8.3 22.4 209 7 303.6 306.4 296.4 349.1 15.31 2 950 569 26.3 17.5 58 8.8 20.2 219 10 303.9 306.4 295.2 343.7 13.38 3 900 1043 21.8 16.4 71 5.4 18.1 233 12 304.0 306.4 295.1 343.2 13.17 4 850 1537 17.3 15.2 88 2.1 15.9 246 13 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.8 12.92 5 800 2053 14.0 12.2 89 1.8 12.8 266 17 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.8 11.21 6 750 2596 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.2 283 18 308.5 310.2 293.3 335.9 9.00 7 700 3168 6.7 4.5 86 2.2 5.4 294 21 309.9 311.3 292.6 333.1 7.54 8 650 3772 2.3 -4.9 59 7.2 -1.1 300 24 311.6 312.4 290.1 324.5 4.08 9 600 4416 -0.3 -19.5 22 19.2 -6.7 306 23 315.8 316.0 288.9 320.4 1.36 10 550 5107 -3.3 -28.9 12 25.6 -10.1 315 27 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.64 11 500 5855 -7.4 -33.4 10 26.0 -13.3 311 27 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.46 12 450 6665 -13.9 -30.5 23 16.7 -17.6 306 27 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 13 400 7547 -21.1 -36.2 24 15.2 -23.7 310 29 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.43 14 350 8518 -27.9 -41.9 25 13.9 -29.6 314 31 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 15 300 9606 -36.2 -48.5 27 12.3 -37.2 315 33 334.3 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.16 16 250 10844 -46.3 -57.1 28 10.8 -46.7 304 40 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 17 200 12293 -54.9 -65.2 27 10.4 -55.1 306 57 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14105 -60.9 -76.9 10 15.9 -61.1 310 63 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16607 -63.4 -83.3 5 20.0 -63.6 309 22 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.75 m Freezing level: 605.49 mb = 4345.11 m = 14255.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.41 mb = 3667.69 m = 12032.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.33 mb = 1382.65 m = 4536.20 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 28.72 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1843.60 m = 6048.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1263.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.95 mb = 1668.67 m = 5474.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.95 mb = 2138.01 m = 7014.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.95 mb = 11916.13 m = 39094.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1262.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.95 mb = 14895.92 m = 48870.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 24.11 Bulk Shear: 52.42 m/s