MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.69,-98.55 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 953 555 18.5 16.6 89 1.9 17.2 138 7 295.6 297.9 292.2 331.8 12.55 2 950 583 18.6 16.3 87 2.2 17.1 141 8 296.0 298.3 292.2 331.7 12.39 3 900 1048 17.8 16.2 90 1.7 16.7 183 17 299.9 302.3 293.8 337.8 12.95 4 850 1538 17.6 10.8 64 6.8 13.3 199 18 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.2 9.58 5 800 2055 16.0 6.4 53 9.6 10.2 204 15 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.2 7.53 6 750 2601 12.7 3.8 55 8.8 7.6 242 7 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.1 6.72 7 700 3177 9.0 1.3 58 7.7 4.8 250 5 312.4 313.6 292.0 331.2 5.99 8 650 3786 4.4 -1.4 66 5.9 1.4 245 3 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.8 5.31 9 600 4434 1.3 -6.1 58 7.4 -2.2 340 7 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.05 10 550 5128 -3.6 -12.4 50 8.8 -7.2 331 28 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.67 11 500 5874 -9.2 -16.6 55 7.4 -11.8 319 32 321.9 322.3 291.4 328.9 2.09 12 450 6680 -14.8 -22.0 54 7.2 -16.9 317 27 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.6 1.45 13 400 7561 -20.0 -25.8 60 5.8 -21.4 297 33 329.0 329.2 292.6 333.1 1.16 14 350 8536 -27.6 -30.6 75 3.0 -28.2 288 56 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.85 15 300 9629 -34.4 -34.5 99 0.1 -34.4 262 44 336.9 337.0 294.2 339.4 0.68 16 250 10881 -43.3 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 235 55 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.33 17 200 12348 -51.5 -61.9 28 10.4 -51.8 253 64 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.4 0.05 18 150 14200 -56.8 -79.7 4 22.9 -57.1 297 25 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16690 -66.3 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.4 7 4 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.67 m Freezing level: 586.77 mb = 4617.71 m = 15149.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.87 mb = 4027.76 m = 13214.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.29 mb = 791.24 m = 2595.91 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 6.68 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2692.76 m = 8834.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 29.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 370.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.75 mb = 1400.26 m = 4593.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.75 mb = 5737.88 m = 18824.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.75 mb = 7399.15 m = 24275.14 ft B at Equ Level: 59.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.75 mb = 9424.90 m = 30921.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 323.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.1 neg: -14.0 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 83.93 m/s