MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 37.72,-97.39 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 963 417 33.5 19.1 43 14.4 23.1 150 14 309.9 312.7 297.5 354.3 14.57 2 950 539 31.6 17.4 43 14.2 21.6 156 19 309.3 311.8 296.5 349.6 13.27 3 900 1021 27.0 16.2 52 10.7 19.5 165 21 309.3 311.8 296.4 348.9 13.02 4 850 1523 22.4 15.2 64 7.2 17.4 172 20 309.6 312.0 296.4 348.7 12.87 5 800 2047 17.7 13.8 78 3.9 15.1 179 19 310.0 312.4 296.2 348.1 12.49 6 750 2597 15.0 9.9 71 5.2 11.7 212 17 312.9 314.8 295.4 344.6 10.25 7 700 3180 12.7 4.4 57 8.3 7.8 227 18 316.5 318.0 294.4 340.3 7.53 8 650 3798 7.9 2.0 66 5.9 4.5 238 20 317.9 319.2 294.3 339.7 6.84 9 600 4453 2.8 -0.9 77 3.7 0.8 249 20 319.3 320.5 294.0 338.5 5.98 10 550 5151 -2.7 -4.8 85 2.2 -3.7 277 25 320.9 321.9 293.5 336.8 4.87 11 500 5900 -7.6 -11.0 76 3.5 -9.0 301 25 323.8 324.5 293.0 334.8 3.30 12 450 6712 -12.8 -17.8 66 5.0 -14.5 284 24 327.1 327.5 292.9 334.3 2.09 13 400 7601 -18.1 -29.5 36 11.4 -20.7 258 22 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.4 0.83 14 350 8584 -25.6 -36.2 37 10.6 -27.3 260 25 334.2 334.3 293.3 336.1 0.50 15 300 9683 -34.0 -45.3 31 11.3 -35.1 242 20 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.22 16 250 10933 -43.6 -52.7 36 9.2 -44.0 174 13 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.11 17 200 12394 -55.5 -60.8 51 5.4 -55.6 165 19 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14177 -66.0 -72.3 41 6.4 -66.0 217 19 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16652 -62.1 -83.5 4 21.5 -62.3 206 10 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.76 m Freezing level: 574.54 mb = 4808.28 m = 15775.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.34 mb = 4569.53 m = 14991.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.65 % Est. max temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.54 mb = 2235.21 m = 7333.29 ft T: 16.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3203.60 m = 10510.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.05 C = 104.09 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.11 mb = 2360.61 m = 7744.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.11 mb = 3974.70 m = 13040.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.11 mb = 13182.42 m = 43248.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1423.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.11 mb = 16289.69 m = 53443.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 17.60 Bulk Shear: 81.41 m/s