MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.67,-97.29 Latitude: 37.67 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 104 SFC 966 412 33.1 20.5 48 12.6 23.9 134 16 309.3 312.3 298.2 357.7 15.92 2 950 561 33.0 18.5 42 14.5 22.6 140 25 310.7 313.4 297.5 354.3 14.28 3 900 1047 30.1 15.1 40 15.0 19.7 162 32 312.5 314.8 296.5 349.7 12.08 4 850 1555 26.6 12.6 42 14.0 17.2 184 31 314.0 316.1 296.1 347.7 10.84 5 800 2087 22.6 10.7 47 11.9 14.8 205 29 315.3 317.2 296.0 347.0 10.18 6 750 2644 18.1 9.1 56 9.0 12.3 225 29 316.2 318.1 295.9 346.6 9.72 7 700 3231 14.5 4.0 49 10.5 8.2 248 21 318.5 319.9 294.7 341.8 7.32 8 650 3855 11.5 -6.0 29 17.5 2.7 304 8 321.9 322.7 292.9 334.3 3.75 9 600 4516 5.6 -7.9 37 13.5 -0.8 305 11 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.3 3.52 10 550 5219 -0.7 -9.4 52 8.7 -4.6 317 17 323.3 323.9 292.9 334.6 3.41 11 500 5972 -7.3 -11.9 70 4.6 -9.2 313 22 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.5 3.07 12 450 6784 -12.7 -20.1 54 7.4 -15.0 315 26 327.3 327.6 292.6 333.3 1.72 13 400 7672 -19.0 -33.5 27 14.5 -21.8 324 24 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.5 0.57 14 350 8650 -26.8 -44.9 16 18.1 -28.9 326 25 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.20 15 300 9742 -35.4 -48.6 25 13.1 -36.5 333 30 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 16 250 10985 -44.9 -57.2 24 12.3 -45.4 322 33 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 17 200 12443 -54.6 -64.1 30 9.5 -54.8 307 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14245 -63.2 -72.1 29 8.8 -63.3 297 29 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.02 19 100 16718 -64.5 -82.9 6 18.4 -64.7 297 10 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.25 m Freezing level: 555.54 mb = 5141.42 m = 16867.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.39 mb = 4360.78 m = 14306.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.77 % Est. max temperature: 38.61 C = 101.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.22 mb = 2018.56 m = 6622.51 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.68 mb = 3896.97 m = 12785.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.65 C = 114.17 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1856.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 328.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.04 mb = 2735.07 m = 8973.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.04 mb = 4692.63 m = 15395.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.04 mb = 13206.39 m = 43327.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1843.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.04 mb = 16302.62 m = 53485.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 12.44 Bulk Shear: 149.22 m/s