MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 37.26,-97.82 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -97.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 968 410 33.9 20.0 44 13.9 23.8 122 9 309.9 312.8 298.1 356.8 15.39 2 950 580 32.2 18.7 45 13.5 22.6 122 12 309.9 312.6 297.5 354.0 14.46 3 900 1064 27.6 17.7 55 9.9 20.6 123 10 310.0 312.7 297.4 353.6 14.31 4 850 1568 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.3 124 7 310.4 313.0 297.1 352.4 13.74 5 800 2094 20.3 9.5 50 10.8 13.4 107 5 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.8 9.38 6 750 2648 17.5 -1.3 28 18.9 7.3 87 6 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.3 4.62 7 700 3232 13.2 -5.4 27 18.6 3.9 73 6 317.1 317.8 291.4 328.9 3.65 8 650 3849 8.1 -7.6 32 15.7 0.7 47 5 318.1 318.7 291.4 329.0 3.32 9 600 4503 2.8 -10.6 37 13.4 -3.0 15 8 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.8 2.85 10 550 5201 -1.9 -15.8 33 14.0 -7.1 4 12 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.7 2.02 11 500 5952 -6.0 -24.7 21 18.7 -11.5 9 15 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.03 12 450 6771 -9.8 -30.7 16 20.9 -15.0 2 18 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.3 0.66 13 400 7669 -16.0 -38.6 12 22.6 -20.2 350 20 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.34 14 350 8663 -22.5 -47.7 8 25.2 -25.7 350 27 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.15 15 300 9774 -31.3 -44.2 27 12.9 -32.8 350 31 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.25 16 250 11037 -41.5 -53.3 27 11.8 -42.2 337 31 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.11 17 200 12510 -52.9 -63.5 26 10.7 -53.1 340 22 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14312 -65.2 -72.3 37 7.1 -65.3 303 18 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16739 -68.2 -81.8 13 13.6 -68.3 276 12 395.9 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.41 m Freezing level: 569.99 mb = 4921.92 m = 16147.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.29 mb = 3972.42 m = 13032.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.46 % Est. max temperature: 35.89 C = 96.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.72 mb = 2172.54 m = 7127.66 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 27.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.16 mb = 3110.52 m = 10204.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.75 C = 105.35 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 26.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1446.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.00 mb = 2311.55 m = 7583.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.00 mb = 3659.56 m = 12006.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.00 mb = 13715.08 m = 44996.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 49.2 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 79.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 74.46 Bulk Shear: 19.43 m/s