MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-99.80 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -99.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 518 SFC 925 757 27.9 16.4 50 11.5 19.9 8 10 307.9 310.3 295.8 346.6 12.79 3 900 997 28.5 15.3 45 13.2 19.4 11 23 310.9 313.2 296.3 348.3 12.23 4 850 1502 24.8 14.0 51 10.8 17.4 15 28 312.1 314.4 296.3 348.6 11.87 5 800 2032 22.0 11.2 50 10.8 14.8 20 18 314.6 316.6 296.0 347.4 10.53 6 750 2589 17.8 9.4 58 8.4 12.4 44 7 315.9 317.8 296.0 347.0 9.93 7 700 3176 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 9.6 158 10 317.3 319.1 295.8 346.5 9.27 8 650 3795 8.1 5.6 84 2.5 6.6 179 14 318.1 319.8 295.7 346.1 8.84 9 600 4452 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 207 14 320.5 322.0 295.6 345.1 7.70 10 550 5153 -1.5 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 243 19 322.3 323.3 294.2 339.4 5.27 11 500 5904 -7.7 -11.3 75 3.6 -9.2 263 21 323.6 324.3 292.9 334.4 3.22 12 450 6716 -12.7 -17.7 66 5.0 -14.4 280 25 327.3 327.7 293.0 334.6 2.12 13 400 7607 -16.7 -29.6 32 12.9 -19.8 281 31 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.2 0.82 14 350 8596 -24.0 -35.1 35 11.1 -25.9 284 34 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.5 0.55 15 300 9699 -32.9 -35.7 76 2.8 -33.3 280 36 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10956 -42.3 -42.9 94 0.6 -42.3 274 37 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.6 0.35 17 200 12423 -54.9 -55.4 94 0.5 -54.9 279 37 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.10 18 150 14204 -66.7 -67.3 92 0.6 -66.7 242 16 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.03 19 100 16656 -61.9 -83.5 4 21.6 -62.1 213 13 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.10 m Freezing level: 564.47 mb = 4950.38 m = 16241.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.30 mb = 4818.94 m = 15809.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.70 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.54 mb = 2233.89 m = 7328.94 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 14.24 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.34 mb = 3500.42 m = 11484.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.54 C = 99.58 F Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 40.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.03 mb = 2760.91 m = 9057.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.03 mb = 4315.89 m = 14159.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.03 mb = 13074.55 m = 42895.00 ft B at Equ Level: 896.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.03 mb = 15551.91 m = 51022.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.3 neg: -43.4 tot: 165.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 102.33 m/s