MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.71,-97.29 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 967 414 32.0 20.8 52 11.1 23.9 138 12 308.1 311.1 298.1 357.2 16.24 2 950 571 31.5 18.7 47 12.8 22.3 144 20 309.1 311.8 297.3 352.9 14.42 3 900 1054 27.6 16.3 50 11.2 19.7 163 22 309.9 312.4 296.6 349.8 13.10 4 850 1558 23.4 14.9 59 8.4 17.6 185 22 310.6 313.0 296.5 349.4 12.67 5 800 2084 18.9 13.6 71 5.3 15.3 204 23 311.3 313.6 296.4 349.1 12.34 6 750 2635 15.2 11.5 79 3.6 12.7 223 22 313.0 315.2 296.3 348.4 11.46 7 700 3219 13.5 3.4 50 10.1 7.6 247 19 317.5 318.8 294.3 339.7 7.01 8 650 3840 10.3 -7.2 28 17.5 1.8 266 18 320.6 321.3 292.2 331.9 3.43 9 600 4499 5.4 -11.7 28 17.1 -2.0 281 22 322.3 322.9 292.0 331.1 2.60 10 550 5203 -0.5 -14.8 33 14.4 -6.1 296 23 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.0 2.20 11 500 5955 -7.0 -17.0 45 10.0 -10.5 304 22 324.5 324.9 292.1 331.4 2.02 12 450 6767 -12.9 -27.6 28 14.8 -16.6 316 19 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.88 13 400 7654 -19.3 -29.0 42 9.7 -21.5 307 21 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.1 0.87 14 350 8632 -26.0 -32.8 53 6.8 -27.2 314 29 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.3 0.69 15 300 9733 -33.1 -43.2 36 10.1 -34.1 324 31 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.9 0.28 16 250 10987 -43.2 -49.5 50 6.3 -43.6 315 40 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12452 -54.4 -59.1 56 4.7 -54.5 308 48 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14248 -63.3 -75.0 19 11.7 -63.4 295 27 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16721 -65.0 -83.3 6 18.3 -65.1 239 15 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.44 m Freezing level: 553.97 mb = 5146.65 m = 16885.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.26 mb = 4146.51 m = 13603.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.95 C = 94.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.46 mb = 1832.90 m = 6013.37 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 26.22 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.41 mb = 3322.66 m = 10900.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.80 C = 107.23 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1566.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.04 mb = 2343.68 m = 7689.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.04 mb = 4621.03 m = 15160.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.04 mb = 13073.78 m = 42892.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1561.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.04 mb = 16082.19 m = 52762.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 12.27 Bulk Shear: 127.64 m/s