MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.74,-97.26 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 964 416 31.9 19.2 47 12.7 22.8 179 14 308.3 311.0 297.2 352.7 14.69 2 950 545 29.7 17.7 49 12.0 21.2 182 18 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.1 13.52 3 900 1024 25.0 16.5 59 8.5 19.1 187 20 307.3 309.8 296.0 347.2 13.26 4 850 1523 20.5 15.4 73 5.1 17.0 193 19 307.6 310.0 296.0 347.1 13.08 5 800 2047 20.6 9.0 47 11.6 13.2 222 22 313.1 314.8 294.6 341.1 9.05 6 750 2601 17.3 6.2 48 11.0 10.5 229 21 315.3 316.9 294.4 340.4 7.98 7 700 3186 12.7 4.6 58 8.0 7.9 235 19 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.6 7.63 8 650 3803 7.6 2.9 72 4.8 4.9 234 17 317.6 319.0 294.5 340.7 7.27 9 600 4458 2.1 0.6 90 1.5 1.3 229 13 318.5 319.8 294.3 339.8 6.67 10 550 5155 -2.4 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.6 239 12 321.2 322.3 294.3 339.8 5.74 11 500 5906 -7.3 -9.5 85 2.2 -8.3 248 11 324.1 324.8 293.4 336.5 3.73 12 450 6719 -12.5 -16.0 75 3.5 -13.8 246 17 327.5 327.9 293.3 335.8 2.43 13 400 7608 -18.3 -19.0 94 0.8 -18.6 264 20 331.2 331.7 294.0 338.6 2.12 14 350 8592 -24.9 -28.2 74 3.3 -25.6 269 25 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.1 1.07 15 300 9692 -33.9 -41.7 45 7.9 -34.8 260 20 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.9 0.33 16 250 10942 -44.0 -51.4 44 7.4 -44.4 241 10 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.13 17 200 12400 -55.9 -60.5 56 4.6 -56.0 196 7 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14178 -66.0 -71.1 49 5.1 -66.0 211 14 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16641 -63.8 -83.2 5 19.4 -64.0 196 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.93 m Freezing level: 576.77 mb = 4781.69 m = 15687.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.59 mb = 4680.00 m = 15354.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.01 % Est. max temperature: 35.10 C = 95.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.72 mb = 2017.22 m = 6618.09 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 12.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.25 mb = 3159.10 m = 10364.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.99 C = 103.98 F Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1173.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.01 mb = 2089.62 m = 6855.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.01 mb = 4045.85 m = 13273.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.01 mb = 13016.73 m = 42705.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1164.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.01 mb = 16006.56 m = 52514.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 63.04 Bulk Shear: 18.62 m/s