MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 38.5,-97.37 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 963 447 28.6 20.0 59 8.7 22.4 154 18 305.1 307.9 296.9 351.1 15.42 2 950 567 28.8 19.5 57 9.3 22.1 157 28 306.4 309.2 297.1 351.9 15.16 3 900 1049 29.2 14.9 42 14.4 19.4 179 42 311.6 313.9 296.2 348.1 11.89 4 850 1556 26.5 12.4 42 14.1 17.1 197 36 313.9 316.0 296.0 347.2 10.73 5 800 2088 23.2 10.2 44 13.0 14.7 216 25 315.9 317.7 295.8 346.5 9.80 6 750 2649 20.4 6.4 40 14.0 11.6 257 18 318.7 320.3 295.3 344.3 8.07 7 700 3239 15.7 -0.1 34 15.8 6.8 241 9 319.9 321.0 293.7 337.4 5.42 8 650 3862 10.6 -9.2 24 19.8 1.4 160 7 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.6 2.92 9 600 4521 4.7 -9.5 35 14.1 -1.7 199 3 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.8 3.11 10 550 5222 -1.7 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.3 287 7 322.0 322.7 292.5 333.0 3.33 11 500 5970 -8.6 -15.5 57 6.9 -11.1 300 10 322.6 323.0 291.8 330.3 2.29 12 450 6779 -13.5 -34.4 16 20.8 -17.8 316 13 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.46 13 400 7664 -19.6 -41.3 13 21.6 -22.9 303 14 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.26 14 350 8640 -27.6 -46.4 15 18.7 -29.6 313 17 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 15 300 9727 -36.0 -36.9 91 0.9 -36.1 310 39 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.6 0.54 16 250 10965 -46.1 -52.0 52 5.8 -46.4 307 57 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.13 17 200 12412 -56.6 -63.0 44 6.4 -56.8 304 53 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14205 -62.5 -72.6 25 10.1 -62.6 284 42 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16697 -64.0 -83.1 6 19.1 -64.2 294 7 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.39 m Freezing level: 563.59 mb = 5031.07 m = 16505.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.98 mb = 4145.46 m = 13600.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.82 % Est. max temperature: 38.82 C = 101.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.06 mb = 1565.92 m = 5137.48 ft T: 26.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.23 mb = 3768.90 m = 12365.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.20 C = 111.55 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: -5.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1879.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 502.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.26 mb = 2507.75 m = 8227.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.26 mb = 4693.58 m = 15398.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.26 mb = 13164.41 m = 43189.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1859.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.26 mb = 16265.79 m = 53364.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 240.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 363.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 363.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.09 Bulk Rich Number: 27.11 Bulk Shear: 69.32 m/s