MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 37.76,-97.27 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 418 33.2 19.7 45 13.6 23.4 126 5 309.4 312.2 297.7 355.2 15.08 2 950 572 30.6 18.7 49 11.9 22.1 133 5 308.2 311.0 297.1 352.0 14.47 3 900 1053 25.8 17.7 61 8.1 20.1 147 5 308.1 310.8 297.0 351.5 14.34 4 850 1554 21.1 16.7 76 4.4 18.0 166 5 308.3 310.9 296.9 351.2 14.21 5 800 2076 17.2 14.0 81 3.3 15.0 215 7 309.5 311.9 296.2 348.0 12.64 6 750 2627 15.3 7.3 59 8.0 10.4 244 17 313.2 314.9 294.3 340.0 8.61 7 700 3208 10.7 5.0 68 5.7 7.3 245 19 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.8 7.84 8 650 3821 5.9 1.7 74 4.2 3.6 256 17 315.7 316.9 293.5 336.7 6.68 9 600 4472 1.3 -2.3 77 3.6 -0.6 252 12 317.6 318.6 293.0 334.8 5.37 10 550 5168 -2.2 -6.9 70 4.7 -4.4 250 6 321.5 322.3 293.1 335.1 4.16 11 500 5920 -6.2 -13.0 58 6.8 -8.9 272 7 325.5 326.1 293.0 335.0 2.81 12 450 6737 -11.4 -18.7 55 7.3 -13.8 281 8 328.9 329.3 293.3 335.7 1.95 13 400 7630 -17.3 -18.6 89 1.3 -17.7 268 15 332.5 333.0 294.4 340.2 2.20 14 350 8618 -23.9 -25.0 91 1.1 -24.1 263 17 336.6 336.9 294.7 341.8 1.44 15 300 9725 -32.2 -38.2 55 6.0 -33.0 265 18 340.0 340.1 294.8 341.8 0.47 16 250 10983 -42.6 -50.4 42 7.8 -43.0 260 20 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.15 17 200 12447 -55.3 -57.9 72 2.6 -55.4 285 22 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.08 18 150 14228 -64.0 -71.4 36 7.4 -64.1 260 25 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.02 19 100 16697 -65.2 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.4 294 9 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.70 m Freezing level: 581.63 mb = 4727.41 m = 15509.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.85 mb = 4379.20 m = 14367.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.58 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.16 mb = 2127.98 m = 6981.49 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2684.24 m = 8806.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.16 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1602.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.25 mb = 2084.14 m = 6837.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.25 mb = 3156.83 m = 10356.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.25 mb = 13300.09 m = 43634.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1596.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 77.28 Bulk Shear: 20.73 m/s