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: 37.35,-97.66 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 963 405 32.7 20.2 48 12.5 23.6 161 12 309.1 312.1 298.0 356.6 15.61 2 950 529 31.8 18.9 46 12.9 22.5 166 18 309.5 312.2 297.5 353.9 14.62 3 900 1012 27.3 17.4 55 9.9 20.4 174 22 309.7 312.3 297.1 352.5 14.06 4 850 1515 23.1 16.1 65 7.0 18.2 192 22 310.4 312.9 297.1 352.2 13.71 5 800 2042 19.3 14.3 73 5.0 15.9 218 26 311.7 314.2 296.9 351.4 12.91 6 750 2594 15.4 10.6 73 4.8 12.3 241 25 313.3 315.4 295.9 346.7 10.77 7 700 3177 12.7 -0.7 40 13.4 5.5 282 9 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.2 5.21 8 650 3794 9.1 -12.6 20 21.7 -0.2 340 19 319.2 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.22 9 600 4451 3.9 -9.4 37 13.3 -2.1 330 28 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.0 3.14 10 550 5151 -1.2 -16.1 31 15.0 -6.8 333 25 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.4 1.98 11 500 5903 -6.1 -20.1 32 14.0 -10.8 351 22 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.0 1.55 12 450 6719 -11.3 -27.8 24 16.5 -15.6 354 23 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.1 0.87 13 400 7612 -17.5 -32.5 26 15.1 -20.6 340 21 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.6 0.62 14 350 8597 -25.4 -36.3 35 10.9 -27.2 342 17 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.49 15 300 9693 -34.7 -44.8 35 10.1 -35.6 342 16 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.24 16 250 10938 -44.9 -53.5 38 8.5 -45.3 322 15 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.11 17 200 12392 -55.9 -61.2 52 5.3 -56.1 341 15 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14179 -63.2 -74.8 20 11.5 -63.3 295 16 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16678 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.3 241 12 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.96 m Freezing level: 561.35 mb = 4991.84 m = 16377.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.89 mb = 3770.19 m = 12369.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.83 % Est. max temperature: 34.89 C = 94.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.15 mb = 1996.65 m = 6550.62 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 29.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2807.98 m = 9212.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.03 C = 100.45 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 31.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2011.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.29 mb = 2233.24 m = 7326.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.29 mb = 3956.37 m = 12980.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.29 mb = 13501.28 m = 44295.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1993.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.2 neg: -25.3 tot: 278.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.43 Bulk Rich Number: 11.80 Bulk Shear: 170.48 m/s