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: 37.69,-97.44 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 962 416 32.5 20.1 48 12.5 23.5 127 15 309.1 312.0 298.0 356.3 15.56 2 950 529 32.0 18.7 45 13.4 22.5 133 22 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.5 14.39 3 900 1012 27.9 16.7 51 11.1 20.1 146 26 310.2 312.8 296.9 351.2 13.44 4 850 1516 23.7 15.0 58 8.6 17.7 162 24 310.9 313.3 296.6 349.9 12.74 5 800 2043 19.6 13.1 66 6.5 15.3 182 21 312.0 314.3 296.4 348.8 11.94 6 750 2597 16.2 10.5 69 5.7 12.5 226 20 314.2 316.2 296.1 347.4 10.72 7 700 3180 12.1 7.9 76 4.2 9.5 260 21 315.9 317.7 295.7 346.0 9.61 8 650 3798 8.6 1.0 59 7.6 4.4 287 17 318.7 319.9 294.1 339.0 6.35 9 600 4455 3.5 -2.7 64 6.2 0.3 310 15 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.2 5.25 10 550 5154 -2.1 -7.3 67 5.3 -4.5 320 17 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.8 4.01 11 500 5903 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.4 -9.4 308 24 322.8 323.5 292.8 333.9 3.35 12 450 6713 -13.3 -19.1 62 5.8 -15.2 298 31 326.5 326.9 292.5 333.0 1.88 13 400 7600 -19.1 -27.7 46 8.7 -21.1 291 28 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.8 0.98 14 350 8580 -25.8 -35.4 40 9.6 -27.4 258 27 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.53 15 300 9678 -33.7 -48.6 21 14.9 -35.0 241 27 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.15 16 250 10931 -43.3 -54.7 27 11.4 -43.9 194 22 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12397 -54.4 -63.1 33 8.7 -54.6 180 28 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14182 -64.9 -73.3 31 8.3 -65.0 219 21 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16662 -62.5 -83.3 5 20.8 -62.7 212 18 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.53 m Freezing level: 568.51 mb = 4895.44 m = 16060.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.77 mb = 4498.31 m = 14758.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.41 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.99 mb = 1999.88 m = 6561.22 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.30 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.48 mb = 2971.71 m = 9749.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.67 C = 101.60 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 42.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1831.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.76 mb = 2362.46 m = 7750.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.76 mb = 3980.01 m = 13057.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.76 mb = 13198.70 m = 43302.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1830.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.76 mb = 16320.03 m = 53542.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 10.34 Bulk Shear: 177.20 m/s