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: 37.58,-98.03 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -98.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 952 471 32.7 15.9 37 16.7 21.1 165 22 310.1 312.4 295.9 346.9 12.04 2 950 493 33.1 15.7 35 17.5 21.1 165 26 310.8 313.1 296.0 347.1 11.87 3 900 980 30.9 13.6 35 17.3 19.1 172 48 313.3 315.4 296.0 347.1 10.92 4 850 1489 27.4 12.2 39 15.3 17.2 187 46 314.9 316.9 296.1 347.7 10.53 5 800 2022 23.1 10.9 46 12.2 15.0 196 40 315.8 317.8 296.2 347.9 10.27 6 750 2581 18.5 9.3 55 9.2 12.6 208 34 316.7 318.6 296.1 347.7 9.86 7 700 3168 14.0 7.2 64 6.8 9.7 231 27 317.9 319.7 295.9 346.8 9.13 8 650 3789 9.1 5.1 76 4.0 6.7 259 26 319.3 320.9 295.8 346.3 8.51 9 600 4447 3.6 3.1 97 0.4 3.3 274 28 320.2 321.8 295.7 345.9 8.03 10 550 5149 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.5 288 31 321.6 322.7 294.3 339.9 5.65 11 500 5899 -7.4 -12.3 68 4.9 -9.4 296 32 324.0 324.5 292.8 333.9 2.97 12 450 6714 -11.2 -31.7 17 20.5 -16.0 290 30 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.60 13 400 7608 -16.8 -35.7 18 18.9 -20.5 284 22 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.8 0.46 14 350 8596 -24.0 -41.3 19 17.2 -26.5 279 22 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.5 0.29 15 300 9700 -32.7 -46.6 24 13.9 -34.0 276 23 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 16 250 10959 -42.1 -54.9 23 12.8 -42.8 249 28 343.5 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 17 200 12431 -53.5 -62.3 33 8.8 -53.8 264 39 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 14220 -67.1 -68.3 85 1.1 -67.1 268 45 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.03 19 100 16647 -63.8 -83.1 6 19.3 -64.0 213 13 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.89 m Freezing level: 568.65 mb = 4886.99 m = 16033.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.55 mb = 4838.82 m = 15875.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.49 % Est. max temperature: 38.23 C = 100.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.52 mb = 2608.78 m = 8558.89 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.27 mb = 3823.87 m = 12545.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.76 C = 107.17 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 664.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.31 mb = 3103.90 m = 10183.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.31 mb = 4442.92 m = 14576.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.31 mb = 12098.81 m = 39693.79 ft B at Equ Level: 660.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.31 mb = 15062.24 m = 49416.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 413.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 411.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.65 Bulk Rich Number: 3.53 Bulk Shear: 188.33 m/s