MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.56,-97.28 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 965 402 28.8 17.4 50 11.4 20.9 160 16 305.1 307.6 295.3 344.3 13.10 2 950 536 29.1 16.7 47 12.4 20.5 162 28 306.7 309.1 295.5 345.0 12.71 3 900 1017 27.9 14.2 43 13.7 18.6 169 45 310.3 312.5 295.6 345.1 11.38 4 850 1522 25.1 12.2 45 12.8 16.5 182 38 312.4 314.4 295.5 345.0 10.57 5 800 2052 21.7 10.0 47 11.6 14.1 202 32 314.3 316.1 295.4 344.5 9.72 6 750 2608 17.5 9.0 57 8.5 12.0 218 25 315.6 317.4 295.7 345.7 9.63 7 700 3195 14.8 5.6 54 9.2 9.1 258 14 318.8 320.4 295.4 344.8 8.17 8 650 3817 9.8 2.2 59 7.6 5.4 300 8 320.0 321.4 294.8 342.2 6.92 9 600 4476 3.8 -1.0 71 4.8 1.2 297 5 320.5 321.7 294.2 339.6 5.93 10 550 5176 -1.6 -5.1 77 3.5 -3.3 335 1 322.2 323.1 293.8 337.8 4.77 11 500 5927 -7.3 -9.8 82 2.5 -8.4 356 3 324.2 324.9 293.4 336.3 3.64 12 450 6741 -11.9 -20.2 50 8.3 -14.6 354 8 328.3 328.6 292.9 334.2 1.70 13 400 7632 -18.0 -29.0 37 11.1 -20.5 356 11 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.8 0.87 14 350 8614 -25.8 -33.5 48 7.7 -27.2 349 12 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.4 0.64 15 300 9711 -34.4 -39.5 60 5.1 -35.0 329 17 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.5 0.41 16 250 10958 -44.4 -50.0 53 5.6 -44.7 313 19 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.16 17 200 12415 -55.5 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.6 312 24 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14200 -64.1 -72.1 32 8.0 -64.2 294 17 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16665 -66.7 -83.0 8 16.3 -66.8 217 15 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.74 m Freezing level: 564.81 mb = 4968.79 m = 16301.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.79 mb = 4654.91 m = 15271.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.52 % Est. max temperature: 37.34 C = 99.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.23 mb = 1865.50 m = 6120.33 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.39 mb = 3812.24 m = 12507.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.60 C = 110.48 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 468.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.43 mb = 2545.70 m = 8351.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.43 mb = 4882.64 m = 16018.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.43 mb = 12400.49 m = 40683.52 ft B at Equ Level: 705.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.43 mb = 15049.92 m = 49375.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.2 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 230.2 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 336.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 13.40 Bulk Shear: 53.07 m/s