MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 970 406 27.4 18.8 59 8.6 21.3 120 5 303.1 305.7 295.6 345.1 14.17 2 950 591 24.2 17.4 66 6.8 19.5 122 5 301.8 304.2 294.6 340.9 13.28 3 900 1062 19.6 16.3 81 3.3 17.4 125 5 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.3 13.10 4 850 1552 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.3 129 2 303.5 305.6 293.5 336.7 11.16 5 800 2068 14.7 6.3 57 8.4 9.7 95 1 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.5 7.49 6 750 2610 11.3 2.5 54 8.9 6.4 334 4 308.9 310.0 291.0 327.7 6.10 7 700 3183 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.4 333 12 310.9 311.9 291.0 327.5 5.31 8 650 3789 3.2 -2.6 65 5.8 0.3 344 14 312.6 313.6 291.1 328.0 4.86 9 600 4433 -0.9 -8.7 55 7.8 -4.3 342 17 315.1 315.8 290.5 325.8 3.30 10 550 5123 -4.7 -17.5 36 12.8 -9.1 342 24 318.6 318.9 290.1 324.5 1.76 11 500 5867 -8.7 -25.2 25 16.4 -13.3 330 26 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.99 12 450 6674 -14.5 -32.4 20 17.9 -18.3 317 31 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.56 13 400 7556 -20.4 -41.4 13 21.0 -23.5 319 32 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.25 14 350 8529 -27.6 -45.5 17 17.9 -29.6 321 43 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 15 300 9618 -35.9 -51.8 18 15.9 -37.0 320 49 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10862 -43.7 -59.1 17 15.4 -44.4 320 66 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.05 17 200 12342 -49.5 -70.9 6 21.4 -50.0 312 51 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14189 -57.9 -78.8 5 20.9 -58.2 288 19 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16686 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.9 176 6 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.79 m Freezing level: 610.50 mb = 4298.19 m = 14101.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.58 mb = 3831.78 m = 12571.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.15 mb = 1490.13 m = 4888.82 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2106.77 m = 6911.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 30.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.73 mb = 1514.43 m = 4968.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.73 mb = 3080.27 m = 10105.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.73 mb = 10628.23 m = 34869.09 ft B at Equ Level: 646.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.73 mb = 13063.81 m = 42859.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.4 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 8.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 15.67 Bulk Shear: 41.48 m/s