MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 36.41,-97.76 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 974 355 30.0 18.7 51 11.3 22.0 138 16 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.5 14.07 2 950 576 29.8 17.7 48 12.1 21.3 143 31 307.4 309.9 296.2 348.1 13.50 3 900 1058 28.5 15.3 45 13.2 19.4 162 28 310.9 313.2 296.3 348.5 12.27 4 850 1564 25.1 13.5 49 11.6 17.2 186 24 312.4 314.6 296.1 347.8 11.51 5 800 2093 20.7 12.6 60 8.1 15.3 207 21 313.3 315.5 296.4 349.0 11.56 6 750 2648 17.2 10.4 64 6.8 12.7 245 19 315.2 317.3 296.3 348.3 10.62 7 700 3235 14.1 4.9 54 9.2 8.5 285 21 318.1 319.6 295.0 342.9 7.79 8 650 3856 9.9 -5.3 34 15.2 2.2 301 19 320.1 320.9 292.6 333.1 3.96 9 600 4515 5.4 -15.7 20 21.1 -3.0 308 16 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.7 1.87 10 550 5218 -0.4 -18.6 24 18.1 -7.0 314 18 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.1 1.60 11 500 5970 -6.6 -21.2 30 14.6 -11.3 321 21 324.9 325.2 291.7 329.8 1.40 12 450 6784 -12.4 -29.0 24 16.6 -16.5 325 26 327.6 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.77 13 400 7672 -18.4 -38.2 16 19.8 -21.8 320 31 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.4 0.35 14 350 8655 -25.3 -37.6 31 12.3 -27.2 315 33 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 15 300 9757 -32.9 -40.6 46 7.7 -33.8 323 25 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.4 0.37 16 250 11011 -43.4 -43.6 97 0.2 -43.4 312 23 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.32 17 200 12474 -54.7 -54.9 99 0.1 -54.8 299 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.6 0.11 18 150 14266 -65.2 -73.2 32 8.0 -65.3 292 27 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16720 -66.0 -82.6 8 16.6 -66.1 206 7 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.29 m Freezing level: 553.85 mb = 5163.46 m = 16940.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.70 mb = 4130.14 m = 13550.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.50 % Est. max temperature: 37.34 C = 99.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.11 mb = 1802.18 m = 5912.59 ft T: 23.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.30 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.75 mb = 3617.51 m = 11868.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.82 C = 110.88 F Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.04 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1010.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 397.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.88 mb = 2423.21 m = 7950.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.88 mb = 5002.05 m = 16410.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.88 mb = 12963.78 m = 42531.56 ft B at Equ Level: 996.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.88 mb = 15880.79 m = 52101.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 338.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 222.68 m/s