MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 37.37,-97.42 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 970 389 29.8 20.0 56 9.8 22.8 10 14 305.6 308.4 297.0 351.5 15.35 2 950 575 28.0 18.7 57 9.3 21.4 15 21 305.6 308.3 296.4 348.9 14.45 3 900 1052 23.7 17.5 68 6.2 19.4 23 21 305.9 308.6 296.3 348.3 14.12 4 850 1549 19.7 16.5 82 3.2 17.5 29 14 306.8 309.4 296.4 348.9 14.00 5 800 2072 18.6 13.2 71 5.4 15.0 228 8 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.6 11.99 6 750 2624 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 11.9 218 18 313.5 315.4 295.6 345.4 10.31 7 700 3206 11.6 5.9 68 5.7 8.2 238 19 315.3 317.0 294.7 341.6 8.38 8 650 3822 7.3 2.4 71 4.9 4.5 265 19 317.2 318.6 294.2 339.6 7.04 9 600 4476 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 282 24 319.2 320.6 294.6 341.3 6.91 10 550 5176 -1.7 -5.4 76 3.6 -3.5 296 22 322.0 322.9 293.6 337.3 4.67 11 500 5927 -6.9 -13.9 57 7.0 -9.6 296 22 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.4 2.61 12 450 6742 -11.5 -27.8 25 16.3 -15.7 301 22 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.9 0.86 13 400 7636 -16.5 -31.5 26 14.9 -19.8 305 20 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.0 0.69 14 350 8626 -23.6 -36.0 31 12.4 -25.8 309 24 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.51 15 300 9731 -33.0 -45.5 28 12.5 -34.3 299 24 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.7 0.22 16 250 10984 -43.6 -53.3 33 9.7 -44.1 284 23 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.7 0.11 17 200 12448 -54.3 -57.8 65 3.5 -54.4 244 41 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.08 18 150 14233 -65.1 -70.6 47 5.5 -65.2 271 21 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16690 -65.2 -82.7 7 17.6 -65.3 270 17 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.67 m Freezing level: 569.52 mb = 4902.50 m = 16084.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.15 mb = 4705.23 m = 15436.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.22 mb = 1628.21 m = 5341.85 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.99 mb = 2759.99 m = 9054.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.53 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1017.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.74 mb = 1798.59 m = 5900.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.74 mb = 3812.42 m = 12507.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.74 mb = 12742.29 m = 41804.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.74 mb = 15548.41 m = 51011.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.3 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 319.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.0 neg: -34.0 tot: 90.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 95.77 m/s