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: 37.47,-98.21 Latitude: 37.47 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 951 492 34.3 17.7 37 16.6 22.5 131 16 311.9 314.5 297.4 353.5 13.53 2 950 504 34.4 17.0 36 17.4 22.1 134 19 312.1 314.6 297.1 352.0 12.97 3 900 991 30.2 15.1 40 15.1 19.7 142 27 312.6 314.9 296.6 349.8 12.06 4 850 1499 26.2 13.4 45 12.8 17.5 163 24 313.6 315.8 296.4 349.1 11.48 5 800 2030 22.5 11.4 50 11.1 15.1 195 19 315.1 317.2 296.3 348.3 10.66 6 750 2588 17.9 9.6 58 8.3 12.6 226 17 316.0 318.0 296.1 347.6 10.08 7 700 3174 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 9.6 258 19 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.3 9.31 8 650 3793 8.9 1.4 59 7.5 4.6 283 16 319.1 320.3 294.3 340.0 6.54 9 600 4451 4.0 -4.3 55 8.3 -0.2 308 17 320.8 321.7 293.3 335.9 4.65 10 550 5151 -1.8 -8.8 58 7.1 -4.9 310 21 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.8 3.57 11 500 5901 -7.4 -12.8 65 5.4 -9.5 301 28 324.0 324.6 292.7 333.6 2.86 12 450 6715 -11.8 -24.1 35 12.3 -15.3 295 33 328.4 328.6 292.4 332.7 1.21 13 400 7606 -17.8 -29.4 35 11.7 -20.4 278 23 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.9 0.83 14 350 8591 -25.2 -37.0 32 11.9 -27.1 248 21 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.6 0.46 15 300 9690 -33.8 -47.8 23 13.9 -35.1 241 23 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.17 16 250 10941 -43.3 -58.9 16 15.6 -44.0 209 21 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 17 200 12404 -54.9 -63.7 33 8.8 -55.1 195 30 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14193 -64.3 -75.3 21 10.9 -64.4 222 29 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16663 -64.5 -83.0 6 18.6 -64.6 214 16 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.46 m Freezing level: 565.22 mb = 4937.82 m = 16200.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.62 mb = 4428.49 m = 14528.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.00 % Est. max temperature: 37.45 C = 99.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.76 mb = 2601.86 m = 8536.18 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.70 mb = 3531.42 m = 11585.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.54 C = 104.98 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 41.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1385.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.70 mb = 2902.95 m = 9524.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.70 mb = 4211.97 m = 13818.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.70 mb = 13139.45 m = 43107.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1372.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.70 mb = 16210.82 m = 53184.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 277.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.93 Bulk Shear: 199.92 m/s