MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-97.4 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -97.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 969 393 32.0 21.2 53 10.8 24.1 122 7 307.9 311.0 298.3 358.1 16.60 2 950 572 28.9 20.1 59 8.9 22.5 123 9 306.5 309.5 297.5 353.9 15.75 3 900 1051 25.0 18.4 67 6.6 20.4 129 8 307.3 310.1 297.2 352.5 15.01 4 850 1552 23.6 13.8 54 9.8 17.0 153 6 310.9 313.1 296.0 346.9 11.78 5 800 2079 20.0 12.1 60 7.9 14.8 146 6 312.5 314.6 296.0 347.0 11.19 6 750 2633 15.7 10.0 68 5.8 12.0 148 3 313.7 315.6 295.7 345.6 10.31 7 700 3215 11.3 7.4 77 3.9 8.9 297 1 315.0 316.8 295.3 344.1 9.31 8 650 3830 6.9 4.6 85 2.3 5.6 316 5 316.8 318.4 295.0 342.8 8.24 9 600 4484 2.4 0.9 90 1.5 1.6 310 6 318.9 320.2 294.5 340.7 6.84 10 550 5183 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.7 317 5 322.5 323.5 294.1 339.4 5.18 11 500 5938 -5.5 -9.1 76 3.6 -7.1 334 6 326.3 327.1 294.1 339.3 3.86 12 450 6758 -9.8 -15.0 66 5.2 -11.8 307 9 330.9 331.5 294.3 340.1 2.65 13 400 7658 -15.2 -21.2 60 6.0 -17.1 298 8 335.2 335.6 294.7 341.5 1.76 14 350 8653 -22.5 -24.4 85 1.8 -23.0 322 8 338.4 338.7 295.3 343.9 1.52 15 300 9765 -31.1 -32.9 84 1.8 -31.4 312 5 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.6 0.80 16 250 11031 -41.0 -41.5 95 0.5 -41.1 6 3 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.7 0.40 17 200 12506 -53.5 -53.8 96 0.3 -53.5 164 2 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.6 0.13 18 150 14300 -65.7 -69.5 59 3.8 -65.7 326 14 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16719 -70.7 -81.7 18 11.0 -70.8 337 7 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.53 m Freezing level: 567.91 mb = 4933.04 m = 16184.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.28 mb = 4739.01 m = 15547.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.54 % Est. max temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.07 mb = 1758.53 m = 5769.38 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2645.89 m = 8680.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.76 C = 99.98 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 39.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.20 mb = 1894.40 m = 6215.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.20 mb = 3308.08 m = 10853.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.20 mb = 13439.19 m = 44091.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1266.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 49.88 Bulk Shear: 25.41 m/s