MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.64,-101.65 Latitude: 36.64 Longitude: -101.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 543 SFC 901 1012 34.5 12.8 27 21.6 19.7 171 15 316.9 318.9 296.5 349.5 10.38 3 900 1025 33.8 12.5 28 21.3 19.4 172 17 316.4 318.3 296.3 348.3 10.20 4 850 1537 28.8 11.4 34 17.4 17.2 180 19 316.4 318.3 296.1 347.8 10.03 5 800 2072 23.7 10.4 43 13.3 15.0 187 18 316.4 318.4 296.1 347.7 9.97 6 750 2631 18.3 9.4 56 9.0 12.5 194 17 316.5 318.4 296.1 347.5 9.90 7 700 3217 12.7 8.1 74 4.6 9.8 203 17 316.6 318.5 296.0 347.2 9.77 8 650 3835 7.4 4.7 83 2.7 5.8 224 15 317.3 318.9 295.1 343.4 8.27 9 600 4490 3.8 -7.5 43 11.3 -1.6 284 17 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.3 3.62 10 550 5190 -1.8 -11.0 50 9.2 -5.7 294 22 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.9 3.00 11 500 5940 -7.2 -20.5 34 13.3 -11.5 295 21 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.5 1.49 12 450 6753 -12.7 -33.7 15 21.0 -17.2 304 24 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.49 13 400 7639 -19.4 -31.9 32 12.5 -21.9 308 31 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.66 14 350 8619 -26.1 -32.2 57 6.0 -27.2 290 37 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.3 0.74 15 300 9715 -34.5 -39.1 63 4.6 -35.1 287 39 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.4 0.43 16 250 10964 -43.5 -44.8 88 1.2 -43.6 288 41 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.5 0.28 17 200 12438 -51.2 -58.3 43 7.1 -51.5 277 49 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.0 0.07 18 150 14265 -61.0 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.2 275 32 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16726 -66.9 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.0 300 6 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.69 m Freezing level: 566.45 mb = 4959.86 m = 16272.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.67 mb = 4346.13 m = 14258.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.03 % Est. max temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.35 mb = 3715.81 m = 12190.83 ft T: 8.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.07 mb = 3820.98 m = 12535.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 42.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.36 mb = 3715.64 m = 12190.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.36 mb = 4296.72 m = 14096.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.36 mb = 11979.90 m = 39303.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1080.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.36 mb = 14933.19 m = 48992.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 15.48 Bulk Shear: 70.57 m/s