MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 37.69,-97.42 Latitude: 37.69 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 81 SFC 963 415 27.3 20.4 66 6.9 22.3 158 13 303.7 306.6 296.8 350.8 15.85 2 950 531 27.5 19.9 63 7.6 22.1 163 21 305.1 308.0 297.0 351.5 15.55 3 900 1010 26.5 16.6 55 9.9 19.6 190 35 308.8 311.3 296.4 349.2 13.31 4 850 1513 23.9 15.2 58 8.6 17.9 212 31 311.2 313.6 296.8 350.7 12.91 5 800 2041 20.8 12.6 59 8.2 15.3 241 30 313.4 315.6 296.4 349.1 11.56 6 750 2596 16.7 7.9 56 8.8 11.2 260 23 314.7 316.4 295.0 342.7 8.96 7 700 3180 13.8 -8.5 20 22.3 3.3 349 7 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.3 2.88 8 650 3799 9.6 -13.6 18 23.1 -0.2 355 18 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.7 2.06 9 600 4456 4.0 -14.5 24 18.6 -3.4 350 22 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.06 10 550 5156 -0.8 -16.8 29 16.0 -6.8 353 18 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.5 1.87 11 500 5910 -5.6 -20.7 29 15.1 -10.6 1 17 326.2 326.5 292.0 331.3 1.47 12 450 6726 -11.9 -24.3 35 12.4 -15.4 355 20 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.5 1.19 13 400 7617 -17.8 -36.0 19 18.2 -21.2 337 18 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.44 14 350 8601 -25.4 -42.2 19 16.7 -27.7 338 13 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.27 15 300 9698 -34.6 -47.0 27 12.4 -35.7 338 14 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.19 16 250 10943 -44.7 -54.0 35 9.3 -45.2 348 16 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.10 17 200 12399 -55.3 -61.9 43 6.7 -55.4 340 14 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14197 -62.4 -73.9 20 11.5 -62.6 328 19 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16689 -63.4 -82.6 6 19.2 -63.6 204 6 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.05 m Freezing level: 558.30 mb = 5040.03 m = 16535.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3770.24 m = 12369.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.76 % Est. max temperature: 36.25 C = 97.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.00 mb = 1297.88 m = 4258.10 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.00 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.41 mb = 3235.13 m = 10613.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.39 C = 106.51 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 22.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1484.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.53 mb = 2024.46 m = 6641.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.53 mb = 4367.10 m = 14327.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.53 mb = 13179.33 m = 43238.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1458.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.53 mb = 15748.80 m = 51668.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.1 neg: -17.5 tot: 465.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 203.90 m/s