MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 132 SFC 969 407 29.5 18.3 51 11.2 21.6 126 6 305.4 307.9 295.8 346.6 13.77 2 950 583 26.7 16.7 54 10.0 19.8 128 7 304.2 306.6 294.8 342.0 12.66 3 900 1058 22.0 15.6 67 6.4 17.7 131 5 304.2 306.5 294.7 341.4 12.48 4 850 1551 17.4 14.4 83 3.0 15.4 132 4 304.4 306.6 294.6 340.9 12.25 5 800 2066 13.3 10.9 85 2.4 11.8 116 1 305.3 307.3 293.4 336.2 10.31 6 750 2609 11.9 2.2 52 9.7 6.5 339 8 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.1 6.01 7 700 3183 8.2 -0.0 56 8.3 3.8 339 13 311.6 312.6 291.3 328.7 5.46 8 650 3791 4.2 -6.6 45 10.8 -0.8 332 15 313.7 314.4 290.3 325.2 3.59 9 600 4437 0.2 -13.6 35 13.8 -5.2 336 22 316.3 316.8 289.9 323.7 2.23 10 550 5128 -4.2 -20.2 28 16.0 -9.4 338 26 319.2 319.4 289.9 323.9 1.40 11 500 5873 -8.6 -30.0 16 21.4 -13.8 328 27 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.64 12 450 6680 -14.6 -32.9 20 18.3 -18.4 323 37 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.53 13 400 7560 -21.2 -36.1 25 14.8 -23.8 321 36 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.0 0.44 14 350 8533 -27.4 -46.5 14 19.2 -29.4 324 46 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.17 15 300 9622 -36.1 -51.7 18 15.6 -37.2 323 51 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10864 -44.2 -58.6 19 14.4 -44.7 321 58 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.06 17 200 12343 -48.4 -71.3 5 22.9 -49.0 307 46 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.1 0.01 18 150 14191 -58.1 -78.3 6 20.2 -58.3 281 22 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16685 -66.6 -83.1 8 16.5 -66.7 203 6 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.94 m Freezing level: 597.95 mb = 4465.43 m = 14650.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.65 mb = 3682.52 m = 12081.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.70 mb = 1818.30 m = 5965.47 ft T: 15.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.51 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.25 mb = 1958.09 m = 6424.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.71 mb = 1859.50 m = 6100.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.71 mb = 2122.09 m = 6962.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.71 mb = 2228.60 m = 7311.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.71 mb = 2445.76 m = 8024.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.5 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 5.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -7.8 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 13.83 Bulk Shear: 57.49 m/s