MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36,-98.7 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 957 518 34.8 18.1 37 16.7 22.9 187 14 311.8 314.5 297.5 354.1 13.76 2 950 586 32.5 17.3 40 15.2 21.8 188 16 310.2 312.7 296.7 350.5 13.21 3 900 1069 27.3 16.2 51 11.1 19.6 192 18 309.7 312.1 296.4 349.2 12.97 4 850 1571 22.7 15.1 62 7.6 17.5 197 18 309.9 312.4 296.4 349.0 12.83 5 800 2096 18.8 12.9 68 5.9 14.8 208 16 311.2 313.5 296.0 347.3 11.77 6 750 2648 16.4 2.3 39 14.1 8.3 215 10 314.4 315.6 292.6 333.4 6.03 7 700 3232 12.4 2.7 51 9.7 6.8 253 6 316.2 317.5 293.6 337.3 6.65 8 650 3848 7.7 1.2 63 6.5 4.1 298 10 317.7 319.0 293.9 338.2 6.44 9 600 4504 4.2 -10.8 33 15.0 -2.4 321 12 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.3 2.80 10 550 5205 -1.3 -14.4 36 13.1 -6.4 330 13 322.6 323.0 291.8 330.3 2.29 11 500 5955 -7.7 -17.3 46 9.6 -11.1 334 15 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.3 1.97 12 450 6766 -13.5 -25.8 35 12.3 -16.7 335 24 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.0 1.04 13 400 7651 -18.8 -31.0 33 12.3 -21.4 330 28 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.3 0.72 14 350 8633 -25.5 -32.1 54 6.6 -26.8 335 36 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.1 0.74 15 300 9734 -32.7 -39.8 49 7.0 -33.6 331 30 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.8 0.40 16 250 10992 -42.4 -50.4 41 8.0 -42.9 323 29 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.15 17 200 12462 -53.8 -61.9 36 8.1 -54.0 324 27 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14252 -65.9 -71.2 47 5.3 -65.9 313 29 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16712 -66.1 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.2 176 10 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.40 m Freezing level: 561.62 mb = 5041.89 m = 16541.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.48 mb = 4255.48 m = 13961.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.03 C = 93.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.36 mb = 2621.41 m = 8600.34 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3236.16 m = 10617.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.19 C = 102.54 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1244.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.35 mb = 2497.34 m = 8193.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.35 mb = 3996.44 m = 13111.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.35 mb = 12835.50 m = 42110.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1242.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.35 mb = 16225.31 m = 53231.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 298.7 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -12.6 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 25.52 Bulk Shear: 48.76 m/s