MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.27,-96.18 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -96.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 986 247 30.6 19.2 50 11.5 22.5 125 7 305.0 307.7 296.1 347.8 14.31 2 950 572 26.7 17.0 55 9.8 20.0 133 8 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.9 12.93 3 900 1047 22.2 16.0 68 6.3 17.9 145 8 304.4 306.8 294.9 342.5 12.77 4 850 1541 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 158 7 304.6 306.9 294.8 342.1 12.56 5 800 2057 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.2 173 7 305.3 307.6 294.6 341.2 11.99 6 750 2598 11.0 7.3 78 3.7 8.8 207 8 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.6 8.57 7 700 3173 9.2 0.3 54 8.9 4.4 231 9 312.7 313.7 291.8 330.3 5.61 8 650 3783 4.7 -1.2 66 5.9 1.6 263 12 314.3 315.3 292.1 331.4 5.41 9 600 4431 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -1.1 288 20 316.3 317.4 292.7 333.6 5.41 10 550 5124 -3.7 -10.4 60 6.7 -6.5 295 27 319.7 320.4 291.7 330.1 3.15 11 500 5870 -8.7 -18.3 45 9.7 -11.9 283 30 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.80 12 450 6678 -14.6 -24.1 44 9.5 -17.2 283 28 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.21 13 400 7559 -20.4 -30.0 42 9.6 -22.4 292 30 328.5 328.6 292.1 331.3 0.79 14 350 8534 -27.6 -36.0 44 8.5 -28.9 291 30 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.5 0.50 15 300 9624 -35.3 -43.0 46 7.6 -36.1 281 30 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.29 16 250 10869 -44.4 -47.4 71 3.1 -44.6 267 41 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.21 17 200 12337 -50.7 -66.9 13 16.2 -51.1 270 41 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14194 -57.7 -78.9 5 21.1 -58.0 271 30 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.9 -83.1 7 17.2 -66.0 268 5 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.82 m Freezing level: 597.66 mb = 4463.09 m = 14642.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.96 mb = 4165.82 m = 13667.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.76 mb = 1694.74 m = 5560.10 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1871.71 m = 6140.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 942.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.72 mb = 1797.67 m = 5897.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.72 mb = 1953.81 m = 6410.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.72 mb = 2941.71 m = 9651.17 ft B at Equ Level: 14.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.72 mb = 14205.32 m = 46604.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 15.84 Bulk Shear: 59.51 m/s