MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 36.96,-97.87 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -97.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 964 377 34.9 18.2 37 16.7 23.0 139 16 311.3 313.9 297.4 353.5 13.77 2 950 509 34.0 16.9 36 17.0 21.9 143 24 311.6 314.1 296.9 351.2 12.88 3 900 995 29.5 15.3 42 14.2 19.7 152 28 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.6 12.26 4 850 1501 25.5 13.8 48 11.8 17.5 171 24 312.9 315.1 296.4 349.0 11.72 5 800 2031 21.6 11.7 53 9.9 15.0 199 18 314.2 316.2 296.1 347.9 10.85 6 750 2587 17.2 9.9 63 7.2 12.4 231 16 315.2 317.2 296.0 347.3 10.30 7 700 3173 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.3 274 17 316.9 318.6 295.6 345.3 9.03 8 650 3793 9.9 -1.6 45 11.5 3.7 308 15 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.2 5.26 9 600 4452 4.7 -5.7 47 10.4 -0.4 334 16 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.3 4.17 10 550 5154 -1.2 -9.1 55 7.9 -4.7 333 17 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.3 3.50 11 500 5905 -7.0 -13.7 59 6.7 -9.6 317 25 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.5 2.65 12 450 6721 -11.3 -25.3 30 14.0 -15.2 309 26 329.1 329.3 292.5 333.0 1.09 13 400 7614 -17.4 -33.0 24 15.6 -20.7 278 22 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.6 0.59 14 350 8599 -25.1 -41.2 21 16.2 -27.3 259 28 335.0 335.0 293.3 336.1 0.30 15 300 9698 -33.7 -48.9 20 15.1 -35.0 244 28 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.15 16 250 10952 -42.7 -58.4 16 15.7 -43.5 215 23 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.06 17 200 12418 -54.6 -62.4 37 7.8 -54.8 203 26 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14202 -66.0 -72.5 40 6.5 -66.0 226 22 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -65.7 -82.8 8 17.1 -65.8 216 15 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.38 m Freezing level: 560.00 mb = 5013.43 m = 16448.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.76 mb = 4386.85 m = 14392.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.01 % Est. max temperature: 37.38 C = 99.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.88 mb = 2497.46 m = 8193.67 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.58 mb = 3569.51 m = 11710.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.54 C = 108.57 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 40.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.20 mb = 2756.57 m = 9043.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.20 mb = 4584.78 m = 15041.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.20 mb = 13064.80 m = 42863.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1279.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.20 mb = 16072.09 m = 52729.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 263.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.80 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 198.63 m/s