MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-97.05 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 375 29.3 22.3 66 7.0 24.1 155 13 305.3 308.6 298.4 358.5 17.78 2 950 538 28.6 20.6 62 7.9 22.8 161 21 306.2 309.2 297.7 355.2 16.32 3 900 1017 25.0 18.6 68 6.4 20.5 183 25 307.3 310.2 297.3 353.1 15.17 4 850 1517 21.7 16.5 72 5.2 18.1 208 26 308.9 311.5 297.0 351.4 14.02 5 800 2041 18.0 14.6 80 3.4 15.7 229 26 310.3 312.8 296.7 350.4 13.15 6 750 2593 15.5 9.7 68 5.8 11.7 246 20 313.4 315.4 295.4 344.8 10.12 7 700 3175 12.0 5.2 63 6.8 7.9 269 12 315.7 317.3 294.5 340.6 7.93 8 650 3792 8.4 -12.9 21 21.3 -0.6 320 15 318.4 318.9 290.5 325.7 2.17 9 600 4447 3.9 -15.3 23 19.3 -3.7 333 22 320.7 321.0 290.9 327.2 1.93 10 550 5147 -0.7 -16.1 30 15.4 -6.5 340 21 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.0 1.98 11 500 5901 -5.8 -20.2 31 14.3 -10.6 355 20 325.9 326.2 292.0 331.3 1.54 12 450 6717 -11.4 -28.7 22 17.3 -15.8 359 24 328.9 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.79 13 400 7610 -17.7 -32.7 26 15.1 -20.8 349 22 332.0 332.2 292.9 334.3 0.61 14 350 8594 -25.5 -35.9 37 10.4 -27.2 355 19 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.51 15 300 9690 -34.8 -40.3 57 5.5 -35.4 353 18 336.4 336.5 293.8 337.9 0.38 16 250 10935 -44.8 -48.0 70 3.2 -45.0 332 18 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.3 0.20 17 200 12389 -56.3 -57.7 84 1.4 -56.3 344 12 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.08 18 150 14179 -62.1 -75.3 16 13.2 -62.3 270 14 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -62.8 -83.3 5 20.5 -63.0 242 9 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.89 m Freezing level: 557.62 mb = 5040.64 m = 16537.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.68 mb = 3744.73 m = 12285.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.09 mb = 1262.40 m = 4141.70 ft T: 23.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 32.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2321.09 m = 7615.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.47 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2190.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.98 mb = 1723.12 m = 5653.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.98 mb = 3478.04 m = 11410.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.98 mb = 13586.66 m = 44575.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2163.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.2 neg: -14.2 tot: 286.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13.46 Bulk Shear: 162.75 m/s