MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 36.14,-98.86 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 953 528 36.7 17.0 31 19.7 22.7 173 13 314.2 316.6 297.5 354.1 12.88 2 950 556 36.4 16.5 31 19.9 22.3 175 15 314.1 316.5 297.3 352.9 12.51 3 900 1045 31.7 14.9 36 16.8 20.0 183 21 314.2 316.5 296.8 351.1 11.91 4 850 1555 26.9 13.9 45 13.0 17.9 194 20 314.3 316.6 296.8 351.0 11.81 5 800 2087 21.9 12.9 56 9.1 15.8 206 20 314.5 316.8 296.8 351.0 11.74 6 750 2643 16.7 11.8 73 4.9 13.4 219 20 314.7 316.9 296.8 351.0 11.67 7 700 3227 12.1 9.0 81 3.2 10.1 244 21 315.9 317.9 296.3 348.2 10.32 8 650 3847 10.5 -8.1 26 18.6 1.7 285 18 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.4 3.20 9 600 4507 5.6 -15.2 21 20.8 -2.8 298 18 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.95 10 550 5210 -0.2 -19.4 22 19.3 -7.0 309 18 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.1 1.49 11 500 5963 -6.7 -19.7 35 13.1 -11.0 314 23 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.5 1.60 12 450 6777 -12.3 -26.3 30 14.0 -16.0 328 21 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.3 0.99 13 400 7667 -17.8 -33.2 25 15.4 -20.9 321 26 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.1 0.58 14 350 8652 -24.8 -40.5 22 15.7 -27.1 321 31 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.6 0.32 15 300 9753 -33.2 -39.0 56 5.8 -34.0 327 25 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.43 16 250 11008 -42.7 -43.2 95 0.5 -42.8 300 20 342.6 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.34 17 200 12475 -54.2 -57.2 70 2.9 -54.3 298 29 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14268 -65.7 -72.2 40 6.5 -65.8 288 25 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16713 -68.0 -82.1 12 14.1 -68.1 243 12 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.47 m Freezing level: 551.43 mb = 5190.31 m = 17028.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.36 mb = 4087.03 m = 13408.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.96 mb = 3012.80 m = 9884.40 ft T: 13.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.53 mb = 3916.76 m = 12850.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.49 C = 110.28 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 44.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.06 mb = 3142.32 m = 10309.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.06 mb = 4752.38 m = 15591.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.06 mb = 13412.75 m = 44004.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1422.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 18.34 Bulk Shear: 78.02 m/s