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: 37.72,-97.42 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 962 418 32.4 20.2 49 12.2 23.5 127 15 309.0 311.9 298.0 356.4 15.65 2 950 529 31.9 18.7 46 13.2 22.5 132 22 309.5 312.3 297.4 353.5 14.46 3 900 1013 27.8 16.8 51 11.0 20.1 145 25 310.1 312.7 296.9 351.3 13.50 4 850 1517 23.6 15.1 59 8.5 17.7 162 24 310.8 313.3 296.6 350.0 12.80 5 800 2044 19.5 13.2 67 6.2 15.3 181 21 311.9 314.2 296.4 348.9 12.04 6 750 2597 16.1 10.6 70 5.5 12.5 225 19 314.0 316.1 296.1 347.4 10.75 7 700 3180 12.1 7.9 76 4.1 9.5 259 21 315.8 317.7 295.7 345.9 9.62 8 650 3798 8.5 1.1 59 7.4 4.4 286 17 318.6 319.9 294.1 339.1 6.39 9 600 4455 3.5 -2.5 65 6.0 0.4 308 15 320.2 321.2 293.7 337.4 5.32 10 550 5154 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.4 318 17 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.9 4.08 11 500 5903 -8.4 -10.8 83 2.4 -9.4 307 24 322.8 323.4 292.8 333.9 3.36 12 450 6712 -13.4 -18.8 63 5.5 -15.2 298 31 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.1 1.92 13 400 7599 -19.1 -27.6 47 8.5 -21.1 290 28 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.99 14 350 8579 -25.9 -35.2 41 9.3 -27.4 258 27 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.55 15 300 9677 -33.6 -48.6 21 14.9 -35.0 241 27 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.15 16 250 10931 -43.3 -54.8 27 11.5 -43.8 193 23 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12396 -54.4 -63.1 34 8.6 -54.6 178 28 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14181 -64.9 -73.2 31 8.3 -65.0 219 21 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16662 -62.5 -83.3 4 20.8 -62.7 212 18 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.15 m Freezing level: 569.00 mb = 4888.34 m = 16037.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.14 mb = 4506.63 m = 14785.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.20 % Est. max temperature: 35.08 C = 95.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.47 mb = 1973.53 m = 6474.76 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 23.37 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.82 mb = 2944.23 m = 9659.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.50 C = 101.30 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 42.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1847.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.77 mb = 2340.45 m = 7678.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.77 mb = 3954.04 m = 12972.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.77 mb = 13486.89 m = 44247.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1828.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 284.3 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): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.82 Bulk Rich Number: 10.45 Bulk Shear: 176.90 m/s