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: 37.83,-97.79 Latitude: 37.83 Longitude: -97.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 957 455 32.2 20.1 49 12.0 23.4 159 13 309.1 312.1 298.1 356.7 15.68 2 950 524 31.9 19.0 47 12.8 22.6 162 17 309.5 312.3 297.5 354.4 14.75 3 900 1008 27.5 17.4 54 10.1 20.4 173 23 309.9 312.5 297.2 352.5 14.00 4 850 1511 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.2 194 23 310.6 313.2 297.1 352.0 13.55 5 800 2038 19.5 13.8 69 5.8 15.6 219 26 312.0 314.3 296.7 350.3 12.46 6 750 2592 16.5 7.6 56 8.8 10.9 242 19 314.5 316.1 294.8 341.9 8.79 7 700 3176 13.4 -6.2 25 19.6 3.8 319 7 317.4 318.0 291.3 328.5 3.44 8 650 3794 9.4 -12.4 20 21.7 0.0 338 21 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.28 9 600 4451 4.0 -10.6 34 14.6 -2.4 326 26 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.1 2.83 10 550 5151 -0.9 -16.5 30 15.6 -6.8 331 22 323.0 323.4 291.6 329.5 1.92 11 500 5904 -5.9 -20.2 31 14.3 -10.6 350 19 325.9 326.2 292.0 331.2 1.54 12 450 6721 -11.6 -26.2 29 14.6 -15.5 349 21 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.3 1.00 13 400 7612 -17.7 -32.6 26 14.8 -20.8 327 22 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.2 0.62 14 350 8595 -25.7 -36.8 35 11.1 -27.5 322 17 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.46 15 300 9691 -34.6 -45.9 31 11.3 -35.7 326 16 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.21 16 250 10936 -45.0 -54.0 36 9.0 -45.4 323 14 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.10 17 200 12390 -55.7 -61.4 49 5.7 -55.9 330 12 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14179 -64.0 -74.0 24 10.1 -64.1 302 15 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16677 -63.2 -82.4 6 19.2 -63.4 240 12 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.95 m Freezing level: 559.35 mb = 5020.02 m = 16469.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.60 mb = 3799.12 m = 12464.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.18 % Est. max temperature: 34.77 C = 94.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.86 mb = 1985.63 m = 6514.45 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 29.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.66 mb = 3107.47 m = 10195.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.96 C = 103.93 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 25.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2020.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.71 mb = 2269.54 m = 7445.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.71 mb = 4002.29 m = 13130.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.71 mb = 13635.33 m = 44734.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1996.65 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.8 neg: -19.4 tot: 252.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.26 Bulk Rich Number: 11.93 Bulk Shear: 169.38 m/s