MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.44,-97.45 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -97.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 972 395 22.7 16.7 69 6.0 18.7 142 6 298.3 300.6 292.9 334.3 12.39 2 950 592 19.9 15.6 76 4.3 17.1 154 8 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.6 11.80 3 900 1057 18.3 16.6 90 1.7 17.2 200 13 300.4 302.8 294.2 339.5 13.34 4 850 1547 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 212 13 303.1 305.4 294.0 338.9 12.07 5 800 2062 14.5 9.4 71 5.2 11.3 220 10 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.7 9.28 6 750 2606 11.8 5.0 63 6.7 7.8 216 9 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.9 7.33 7 700 3180 8.0 0.6 59 7.4 4.1 209 12 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.2 5.72 8 650 3787 3.5 -2.4 65 5.9 0.5 208 15 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.92 9 600 4432 0.3 -5.9 63 6.2 -2.6 222 11 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.11 10 550 5125 -4.2 -11.2 58 7.1 -7.1 318 17 319.2 319.7 291.4 328.9 2.95 11 500 5868 -9.0 -18.7 46 9.6 -12.2 305 18 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.75 12 450 6677 -13.3 -27.6 29 14.4 -16.9 296 17 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.7 0.88 13 400 7562 -19.9 -40.3 14 20.5 -23.0 289 35 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.28 14 350 8536 -27.9 -42.6 23 14.7 -29.7 280 38 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9626 -33.9 -46.5 27 12.6 -35.1 267 43 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.19 16 250 10882 -43.0 -43.0 100 -0.0 -43.0 239 57 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.34 17 200 12348 -52.7 -66.3 18 13.6 -53.0 264 63 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14205 -55.8 -79.7 4 23.8 -56.2 265 17 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16693 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.8 228 1 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.43 m Freezing level: 596.64 mb = 4478.69 m = 14693.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.13 mb = 3884.84 m = 12745.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.39 mb = 1158.73 m = 3801.56 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2249.26 m = 7379.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.68 mb = 1252.82 m = 4110.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.68 mb = 4915.14 m = 16125.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.68 mb = 6430.98 m = 21098.77 ft B at Equ Level: 34.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.68 mb = 9749.49 m = 31986.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -6.2 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 27.23 m/s