MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 36.8,-98.98 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -98.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 502 SFC 948 524 39.8 12.9 20 26.9 21.4 209 9 317.8 319.8 296.4 349.1 9.93 3 900 994 33.9 11.3 25 22.6 18.8 218 12 316.4 318.3 295.7 346.0 9.40 4 850 1507 28.9 10.4 32 18.5 16.7 225 13 316.4 318.2 295.7 345.8 9.35 5 800 2041 23.8 9.4 40 14.4 14.5 230 13 316.5 318.3 295.7 345.8 9.32 6 750 2600 18.5 8.3 52 10.2 12.0 233 13 316.6 318.4 295.7 345.6 9.23 7 700 3187 14.1 5.0 54 9.1 8.6 245 9 318.1 319.6 295.0 343.0 7.86 8 650 3809 10.5 -0.6 46 11.2 4.4 257 5 320.9 322.0 294.1 339.1 5.62 9 600 4469 4.6 -1.8 63 6.4 1.2 274 10 321.5 322.6 294.2 339.6 5.59 10 550 5171 -1.4 -5.7 73 4.3 -3.5 308 16 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.4 4.56 11 500 5922 -7.6 -11.2 75 3.7 -9.1 336 19 323.8 324.5 293.0 334.6 3.24 12 450 6735 -12.7 -18.8 60 6.1 -14.7 328 14 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.9 1.93 13 400 7622 -19.4 -20.6 90 1.3 -19.7 312 15 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.3 1.85 14 350 8601 -26.1 -29.6 72 3.6 -26.8 329 13 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.0 0.94 15 300 9698 -34.3 -41.3 49 7.0 -35.1 312 10 337.1 337.1 293.9 338.4 0.34 16 250 10947 -44.1 -48.0 65 3.9 -44.4 353 8 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.20 17 200 12402 -56.3 -59.9 64 3.6 -56.4 11 9 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14174 -68.0 -69.5 81 1.5 -68.0 48 16 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16642 -64.2 -83.6 5 19.4 -64.3 340 7 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.64 m Freezing level: 561.67 mb = 5007.21 m = 16427.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.29 mb = 4641.89 m = 15229.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.98 % Est. max temperature: 38.56 C = 101.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.54 mb = 3878.75 m = 12725.40 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.08 mb = 4345.30 m = 14256.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.32 C = 109.97 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.93 mb = 3835.55 m = 12583.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.93 mb = 4841.61 m = 15884.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.93 mb = 12951.75 m = 42492.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.93 mb = 15901.90 m = 52170.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -7.6 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 64.40 Bulk Shear: 16.50 m/s