MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-97.79 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 961 439 24.0 18.6 71 5.5 20.2 178 4 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.0 14.14 2 950 542 25.7 17.7 61 8.0 20.2 197 8 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.5 13.55 3 900 1019 25.7 15.9 55 9.8 18.9 236 18 308.0 310.4 295.8 346.4 12.69 4 850 1521 22.9 14.0 57 9.0 16.8 235 19 310.1 312.4 295.8 346.4 11.87 5 800 2046 19.3 11.8 62 7.6 14.3 233 18 311.7 313.8 295.6 345.3 10.92 6 750 2598 14.7 10.0 73 4.7 11.7 243 18 312.5 314.5 295.4 344.5 10.34 7 700 3178 9.8 7.7 87 2.1 8.5 258 17 313.4 315.2 295.0 342.7 9.47 8 650 3790 5.6 1.3 74 4.2 3.2 275 17 315.2 316.5 293.2 335.7 6.49 9 600 4441 2.3 -14.8 27 17.0 -4.4 306 14 318.7 319.1 290.4 325.5 2.03 10 550 5137 -2.0 -19.6 25 17.6 -8.0 315 15 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.8 1.47 11 500 5888 -6.9 -20.6 33 13.7 -11.3 309 17 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.8 1.48 12 450 6701 -12.2 -23.7 38 11.5 -15.5 294 19 327.9 328.2 292.3 332.4 1.26 13 400 7591 -18.3 -26.2 50 7.9 -20.3 291 21 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.2 1.12 14 350 8575 -24.5 -35.0 37 10.5 -26.3 303 25 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.9 0.56 15 300 9679 -32.8 -43.7 33 10.8 -34.0 314 34 339.1 339.1 294.3 340.1 0.27 16 250 10933 -43.5 -48.7 57 5.1 -43.9 316 34 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.18 17 200 12396 -53.9 -61.2 40 7.3 -54.1 301 27 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14197 -63.2 -73.6 23 10.4 -63.3 288 18 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16661 -65.0 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.2 334 15 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.46 m Freezing level: 573.35 mb = 4811.95 m = 15787.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.94 mb = 4057.62 m = 13312.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.30 mb = 1143.61 m = 3751.97 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.86 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.15 mb = 2811.93 m = 9225.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.14 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 41.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 619.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.69 mb = 2060.39 m = 6759.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.69 mb = 3494.20 m = 11463.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.69 mb = 11962.00 m = 39244.92 ft B at Equ Level: 610.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.69 mb = 14458.57 m = 47435.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 26.48 Bulk Shear: 23.39 m/s