MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.89,-98.77 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 580 SFC 949 588 19.3 17.4 89 1.8 18.1 190 4 296.8 299.2 293.2 335.3 13.33 3 900 1049 20.3 15.5 74 4.8 17.1 199 7 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.1 12.39 4 850 1542 18.5 12.3 67 6.3 14.4 332 2 305.6 307.5 293.7 337.4 10.62 5 800 2059 14.6 9.6 72 5.0 11.5 358 5 306.8 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.42 6 750 2602 10.9 6.3 73 4.7 8.2 355 6 308.5 310.0 292.5 332.8 7.99 7 700 3175 7.4 1.8 68 5.6 4.4 344 7 310.7 311.9 291.7 330.0 6.24 8 650 3781 3.4 -2.7 64 6.2 0.3 333 7 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.81 9 600 4425 -0.9 -7.8 60 6.9 -4.0 321 9 315.1 315.7 290.7 326.5 3.55 10 550 5115 -4.5 -11.2 59 6.7 -7.3 319 12 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.4 2.94 11 500 5860 -8.5 -16.1 54 7.7 -11.2 305 12 322.7 323.1 291.7 330.1 2.17 12 450 6670 -13.5 -16.8 76 3.4 -14.6 298 17 326.3 326.8 292.8 334.1 2.27 13 400 7557 -19.0 -19.6 95 0.6 -19.2 306 30 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.3 2.02 14 350 8538 -25.4 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 279 35 334.5 334.8 294.2 339.5 1.37 15 300 9640 -32.8 -45.6 27 12.9 -34.0 277 59 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.21 16 250 10902 -41.0 -54.2 23 13.2 -41.8 272 76 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.10 17 200 12381 -52.3 -61.7 31 9.5 -52.5 265 78 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14184 -64.5 -75.4 21 10.9 -64.6 275 77 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16633 -67.2 -81.9 11 14.7 -67.3 307 21 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.72 m Freezing level: 610.61 mb = 4288.75 m = 14070.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.34 mb = 3826.30 m = 12553.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.32 mb = 817.65 m = 2682.54 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.62 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.17 mb = 2313.53 m = 7590.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.66 mb = 1636.18 m = 5367.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.66 mb = 3464.16 m = 11365.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.66 mb = 7825.15 m = 25672.74 ft B at Equ Level: 155.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.66 mb = 10225.53 m = 33547.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.1 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 347.1 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -4.4 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.06 Bulk Shear: 19.47 m/s