MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.53,-99.83 Latitude: 37.53 Longitude: -99.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 576 SFC 930 760 18.8 17.4 92 1.4 17.8 8 21 298.1 300.5 293.7 337.4 13.56 3 900 1041 17.0 15.2 89 1.8 15.8 9 33 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.4 12.14 4 850 1528 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 16 27 302.3 304.4 293.2 335.6 11.28 5 800 2042 13.4 11.4 88 1.9 12.1 17 18 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.4 10.66 6 750 2584 11.0 9.1 88 1.8 9.8 358 11 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.1 9.74 7 700 3158 8.0 6.4 89 1.6 7.1 329 11 311.4 313.0 293.8 338.0 8.65 8 650 3766 4.7 3.2 91 1.4 3.8 313 14 314.2 315.7 293.7 337.6 7.46 9 600 4414 1.0 -0.3 91 1.4 0.3 306 19 317.3 318.5 293.6 337.2 6.25 10 550 5107 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.4 -3.5 303 22 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.4 5.11 11 500 5853 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.6 303 25 324.4 325.2 293.8 338.0 4.11 12 450 6663 -11.8 -12.5 95 0.6 -12.1 307 26 328.3 329.0 294.1 339.4 3.26 13 400 7549 -17.2 -17.3 99 0.2 -17.2 314 25 332.7 333.2 294.6 341.2 2.45 14 350 8534 -23.6 -23.6 99 0.1 -23.6 316 25 337.0 337.3 295.0 342.9 1.62 15 300 9638 -31.6 -32.0 96 0.4 -31.7 322 27 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.1 0.87 16 250 10897 -42.3 -42.8 95 0.5 -42.3 327 34 343.2 343.2 295.4 344.6 0.35 17 200 12363 -54.8 -54.9 98 0.2 -54.8 321 42 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14185 -55.8 -77.8 5 22.0 -56.2 309 44 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.01 19 100 16700 -66.5 -83.2 8 16.7 -66.6 64 5 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.63 m Freezing level: 586.32 mb = 4603.34 m = 15102.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.89 mb = 4468.48 m = 14660.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.32 mb = 933.31 m = 3061.99 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.03 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2149.64 m = 7052.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5452.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.25 mb = 1485.87 m = 4874.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -146.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 47.92 m/s