MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-97.37 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 971 385 27.3 20.2 65 7.0 22.2 107 9 303.0 305.8 296.4 349.0 15.55 2 950 574 26.0 18.3 63 7.7 20.6 110 15 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.4 14.08 3 900 1048 22.6 16.5 69 6.1 18.4 131 10 304.8 307.2 295.3 344.3 13.23 4 850 1544 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.0 202 5 306.5 308.7 295.1 343.2 12.20 5 800 2063 15.1 12.6 85 2.5 13.4 249 7 307.3 309.4 294.8 342.0 11.52 6 750 2608 12.4 7.2 70 5.3 9.2 301 10 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.2 8.50 7 700 3185 9.9 0.6 52 9.3 4.8 334 17 313.4 314.5 292.1 331.4 5.71 8 650 3796 5.6 -6.7 41 12.3 -0.2 333 19 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.8 3.57 9 600 4445 1.5 -14.6 29 16.1 -4.8 332 22 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.7 2.05 10 550 5140 -2.7 -19.7 26 17.0 -8.5 333 27 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.8 1.46 11 500 5889 -7.3 -29.0 16 21.7 -12.9 330 35 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 12 450 6700 -13.4 -31.9 20 18.5 -17.5 329 34 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.59 13 400 7584 -20.2 -38.2 19 18.0 -23.1 328 30 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.35 14 350 8560 -27.2 -47.6 13 20.4 -29.3 330 41 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.15 15 300 9650 -35.5 -52.9 15 17.4 -36.7 330 49 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10896 -44.0 -59.1 17 15.1 -44.6 326 68 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12364 -51.4 -67.7 13 16.3 -51.8 322 67 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14209 -57.7 -78.2 6 20.5 -57.9 301 21 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16701 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.7 -64.9 22 3 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.54 m Freezing level: 582.45 mb = 4689.26 m = 15384.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.57 mb = 3776.33 m = 12389.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1279.95 m = 4199.26 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 2057.01 m = 6748.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.74 mb = 1699.32 m = 5575.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.74 mb = 3549.50 m = 11645.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.74 mb = 11451.49 m = 37570.04 ft B at Equ Level: 962.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.74 mb = 14219.68 m = 46651.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 359.7 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.7 neg: -15.9 tot: 150.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 8.28 Bulk Shear: 116.91 m/s