MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 36.18,-98.17 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -98.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 961 398 42.2 12.1 17 30.1 21.7 192 17 318.9 320.7 296.3 348.3 9.27 2 950 503 39.6 11.3 18 28.4 20.6 195 21 317.4 319.1 295.6 345.3 8.86 3 900 997 34.5 10.3 23 24.2 18.5 200 23 317.1 318.8 295.4 344.7 8.76 4 850 1510 29.6 9.3 28 20.3 16.4 205 22 317.2 318.8 295.4 344.6 8.71 5 800 2046 24.5 8.5 36 16.0 14.2 208 21 317.3 319.0 295.4 344.8 8.72 6 750 2606 19.2 7.5 47 11.7 11.8 210 20 317.4 319.1 295.5 344.8 8.70 7 700 3194 14.2 5.3 55 8.8 8.8 216 16 318.2 319.7 295.2 343.7 8.03 8 650 3816 10.7 -1.4 43 12.2 4.1 262 9 321.1 322.2 293.9 338.3 5.30 9 600 4477 5.3 -7.4 39 12.8 -0.7 325 7 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.65 10 550 5180 -0.7 -10.4 48 9.8 -4.9 347 10 323.3 323.9 292.7 333.8 3.14 11 500 5933 -5.8 -19.4 33 13.6 -10.5 352 14 325.9 326.3 292.2 331.6 1.64 12 450 6750 -11.3 -29.2 21 17.9 -15.7 334 15 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.9 0.76 13 400 7642 -17.8 -34.6 22 16.8 -21.1 331 11 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.7 0.51 14 350 8626 -25.5 -34.0 45 8.5 -27.0 334 8 334.4 334.5 293.5 336.7 0.62 15 300 9723 -33.8 -34.6 93 0.8 -33.9 333 14 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.3 0.68 16 250 10975 -43.9 -46.8 73 2.9 -44.1 336 25 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.23 17 200 12432 -55.6 -58.0 75 2.3 -55.7 328 30 344.6 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 18 150 14222 -65.8 -71.9 42 6.1 -65.8 298 19 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16658 -66.2 -82.6 8 16.4 -66.3 267 9 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5888.82 m Freezing level: 555.44 mb = 5103.41 m = 16743.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.63 mb = 4372.62 m = 14345.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.92 % Est. max temperature: 40.55 C = 104.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.78 mb = 4129.71 m = 13548.74 ft T: 8.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 13.20 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.04 mb = 4612.14 m = 15131.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.74 C = 114.33 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.42 C Cross Totals Index: 15.17 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.66 mb = 4039.35 m = 13252.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.66 mb = 5213.50 m = 17104.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.66 mb = 12505.33 m = 41027.50 ft B at Equ Level: 540.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.66 mb = 14737.19 m = 48349.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.9 neg: -3.3 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 27.04 Bulk Shear: 20.21 m/s