MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 36.90,-95.48 Latitude: 36.90 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 981 244 29.2 20.3 59 8.9 22.8 50 8 304.0 306.8 296.6 349.9 15.43 2 950 527 29.5 16.1 44 13.4 20.2 50 12 307.1 309.4 295.3 343.9 12.18 3 900 1007 26.7 13.0 43 13.7 17.6 344 4 309.0 311.0 294.6 341.1 10.55 4 850 1509 23.6 10.2 43 13.5 15.0 267 13 310.9 312.7 294.1 339.2 9.22 5 800 2035 19.5 7.7 46 11.8 12.1 264 18 311.9 313.5 293.7 337.5 8.26 6 750 2586 15.3 4.1 47 11.2 8.7 274 22 313.2 314.5 292.9 334.6 6.85 7 700 3166 10.4 1.0 52 9.4 5.2 277 21 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.5 5.89 8 650 3777 4.7 -0.8 67 5.5 1.8 283 16 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.9 5.57 9 600 4424 -0.7 -7.5 60 6.9 -3.7 277 15 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.0 3.62 10 550 5112 -5.3 -18.4 35 13.0 -9.7 293 18 317.7 318.1 289.8 323.3 1.63 11 500 5856 -8.9 -18.0 48 9.1 -11.9 298 22 322.2 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.86 12 450 6664 -14.1 -20.2 60 6.1 -16.0 303 25 325.5 325.9 292.1 331.4 1.70 13 400 7547 -20.6 -26.8 58 6.1 -22.1 284 25 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.0 1.07 14 350 8519 -28.5 -30.6 82 2.2 -28.8 283 25 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.5 0.85 15 300 9603 -37.3 -38.0 94 0.6 -37.4 286 35 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.6 0.48 16 250 10835 -47.3 -48.1 91 0.8 -47.4 298 43 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.20 17 200 12271 -58.8 -60.2 84 1.4 -58.8 291 54 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.06 18 150 14059 -60.4 -74.8 13 14.4 -60.5 293 53 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16556 -64.8 -82.8 7 18.0 -65.0 294 25 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.01 m Freezing level: 606.05 mb = 4345.32 m = 14256.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.51 mb = 3984.76 m = 13073.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.22 % Est. max temperature: 36.44 C = 97.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.25 mb = 1383.60 m = 4539.30 ft T: 24.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 26.63 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.01 mb = 3070.63 m = 10074.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.12 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1414.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.03 mb = 2339.10 m = 7674.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.03 mb = 3563.98 m = 11692.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.03 mb = 12687.75 m = 41625.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1391.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.03 mb = 15082.75 m = 49483.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -18.4 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 19.32 Bulk Shear: 73.22 m/s