MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 36.73,-94.31 Latitude: 36.73 Longitude: -94.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 972 357 15.4 14.8 96 0.7 15.0 284 2 290.9 292.8 289.3 321.8 10.93 2 950 556 16.5 15.2 92 1.3 15.7 302 6 294.0 296.0 290.9 326.9 11.53 3 900 1017 15.7 14.0 89 1.7 14.6 305 11 297.7 299.8 291.8 330.3 11.22 4 850 1501 13.5 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 296 14 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.1 9.78 5 800 2011 11.3 7.0 75 4.3 8.8 296 16 303.2 304.7 290.8 326.8 7.90 6 750 2548 8.3 3.9 74 4.4 5.9 303 16 305.6 306.9 290.6 326.1 6.77 7 700 3115 4.9 0.5 73 4.4 2.6 313 16 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.3 5.67 8 650 3717 1.9 -3.6 67 5.5 -0.7 316 17 311.1 312.0 290.4 325.3 4.53 9 600 4359 -1.0 -9.9 51 8.9 -4.8 313 20 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.6 3.00 10 550 5048 -4.7 -15.3 43 10.7 -8.5 320 24 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.6 2.11 11 500 5793 -8.9 -22.3 33 13.4 -12.9 327 27 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.28 12 450 6599 -14.7 -29.3 28 14.5 -18.1 332 26 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.75 13 400 7479 -21.6 -36.5 25 14.9 -24.1 331 27 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 14 350 8447 -29.4 -47.7 15 18.3 -31.1 325 33 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 15 300 9526 -38.5 -49.1 32 10.6 -39.2 318 36 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10752 -47.9 -56.4 37 8.6 -48.2 314 50 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12203 -53.4 -66.2 19 12.9 -53.6 310 63 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14038 -57.3 -78.0 6 20.7 -57.5 307 52 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16554 -62.1 -83.4 4 21.3 -62.3 311 28 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.33 m Freezing level: 617.76 mb = 4130.82 m = 13552.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.11 mb = 3579.00 m = 11741.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.07 mb = 438.98 m = 1440.19 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1684.92 m = 5527.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6913.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.49 mb = 1012.16 m = 3320.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 19.47 m/s