MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.15,-97.71 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -97.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 963 461 29.3 19.2 55 10.1 22.1 15 11 305.6 308.4 296.5 349.5 14.66 2 950 585 26.9 17.8 58 9.1 20.6 16 14 304.5 307.0 295.6 345.2 13.65 3 900 1059 22.3 16.8 71 5.4 18.5 18 13 304.5 307.0 295.4 344.7 13.52 4 850 1554 18.1 15.6 85 2.5 16.4 18 12 305.1 307.5 295.4 344.6 13.23 5 800 2072 15.0 13.2 89 1.7 13.8 358 9 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.5 12.05 6 750 2618 14.0 8.3 69 5.7 10.4 266 11 311.8 313.5 294.4 340.2 9.22 7 700 3198 11.1 5.0 66 6.1 7.5 246 21 314.8 316.3 294.1 339.4 7.85 8 650 3814 7.4 2.9 73 4.6 4.8 248 27 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.4 7.26 9 600 4469 3.0 -1.5 72 4.5 0.6 249 27 319.6 320.7 293.8 338.0 5.73 10 550 5168 -2.0 -4.1 86 2.0 -3.1 266 26 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.4 5.15 11 500 5918 -7.5 -9.3 87 1.8 -8.3 277 27 323.9 324.6 293.4 336.5 3.78 12 450 6731 -12.5 -17.6 66 5.1 -14.2 283 29 327.5 328.0 293.0 334.9 2.14 13 400 7621 -17.7 -22.5 66 4.8 -19.1 297 30 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.6 1.57 14 350 8609 -23.9 -34.4 37 10.5 -25.8 302 29 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.7 0.59 15 300 9713 -32.9 -43.5 34 10.6 -34.0 291 26 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.27 16 250 10967 -43.4 -54.7 28 11.3 -43.9 285 23 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.09 17 200 12431 -54.3 -60.2 48 5.9 -54.5 248 39 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14212 -67.1 -69.5 72 2.4 -67.1 269 35 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 19 100 16670 -64.2 -82.7 6 18.5 -64.4 262 14 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.26 m Freezing level: 570.32 mb = 4883.62 m = 16022.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.80 mb = 4579.41 m = 15024.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.31 mb = 1733.53 m = 5687.37 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2046.78 m = 6715.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 523.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.00 mb = 1757.32 m = 5765.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.00 mb = 4536.07 m = 14881.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.00 mb = 11957.03 m = 39228.63 ft B at Equ Level: 518.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.00 mb = 14850.77 m = 48722.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.9 neg: -8.9 tot: 47.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.54 Bulk Shear: 94.57 m/s