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: 37.53,-101.87 Latitude: 37.53 Longitude: -101.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 558 2 900 1024 SFC 896 1062 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 4 22 303.0 305.6 295.2 343.8 13.76 4 850 1518 19.0 13.2 69 5.8 15.2 12 34 306.1 308.2 294.3 340.1 11.32 5 800 2039 18.0 11.2 65 6.8 13.6 12 23 310.3 312.3 294.9 342.4 10.50 6 750 2591 15.8 8.5 62 7.3 11.2 54 8 313.7 315.5 295.0 342.6 9.31 7 700 3174 11.8 5.4 65 6.4 7.9 144 8 315.5 317.1 294.5 340.8 8.07 8 650 3790 7.2 2.5 72 4.7 4.5 189 13 317.1 318.4 294.2 339.4 7.06 9 600 4445 2.8 -1.3 74 4.1 0.6 209 17 319.4 320.5 293.8 338.0 5.80 10 550 5144 -1.9 -4.7 81 2.8 -3.3 245 23 321.8 322.8 293.8 337.8 4.91 11 500 5896 -7.2 -8.3 92 1.1 -7.7 268 32 324.3 325.1 293.8 337.8 4.10 12 450 6710 -11.8 -14.6 80 2.8 -12.9 265 35 328.4 328.9 293.7 337.8 2.74 13 400 7601 -17.6 -18.2 95 0.6 -17.8 282 32 332.1 332.6 294.3 340.1 2.29 14 350 8587 -24.0 -24.4 97 0.4 -24.1 282 24 336.4 336.7 294.8 341.9 1.52 15 300 9692 -32.3 -32.3 100 0.0 -32.3 275 23 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.1 0.85 16 250 10950 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 258 25 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.3 0.36 17 200 12413 -55.4 -55.4 99 0.0 -55.4 264 17 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14179 -68.2 -68.5 96 0.3 -68.2 10 15 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.03 19 100 16660 -63.4 -83.9 5 20.5 -63.6 240 9 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.37 m Freezing level: 570.33 mb = 4859.60 m = 15943.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.29 mb = 4548.63 m = 14923.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.26 mb = 1504.73 m = 4936.73 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.98 mb = 3366.40 m = 11044.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 294.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.24 mb = 2274.99 m = 7463.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.24 mb = 5096.87 m = 16721.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.24 mb = 8519.20 m = 27949.78 ft B at Equ Level: 106.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.24 mb = 11404.97 m = 37417.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.9 neg: -22.6 tot: 286.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 193.12 m/s