MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 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 146 SFC 971 406 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.7 118 7 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.5 13.78 2 950 593 24.8 17.0 62 7.8 19.4 126 14 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.92 3 900 1065 21.3 15.6 70 5.7 17.4 138 9 303.5 305.8 294.4 340.5 12.46 4 850 1559 18.7 11.3 62 7.4 14.0 145 3 305.8 307.6 293.3 335.7 9.96 5 800 2077 16.2 5.7 50 10.6 10.0 68 4 308.4 309.8 291.8 330.4 7.18 6 750 2623 13.2 0.3 41 12.9 6.2 26 9 310.9 311.9 290.9 327.2 5.21 7 700 3199 9.3 -4.5 37 13.8 2.5 3 14 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.2 3.90 8 650 3809 5.5 -12.4 26 17.9 -1.9 350 21 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.6 2.27 9 600 4458 1.3 -17.1 24 18.5 -5.4 347 24 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.2 1.66 10 550 5151 -3.6 -18.9 29 15.3 -8.8 345 27 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.1 1.56 11 500 5896 -8.8 -23.6 29 14.8 -13.0 342 30 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.3 1.14 12 450 6703 -14.6 -31.5 22 16.9 -18.3 341 36 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.61 13 400 7585 -19.8 -41.0 13 21.1 -23.1 339 38 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.27 14 350 8561 -27.1 -47.3 13 20.2 -29.3 334 44 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 15 300 9653 -35.0 -52.8 15 17.7 -36.3 329 59 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10905 -42.6 -53.2 31 10.6 -43.2 327 80 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.11 17 200 12375 -51.5 -67.3 13 15.8 -51.8 325 61 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14221 -58.6 -77.4 7 18.8 -58.8 296 23 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16711 -65.4 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.5 218 8 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.39 m Freezing level: 586.63 mb = 4642.93 m = 15232.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.25 mb = 3544.11 m = 11627.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.23 mb = 976.03 m = 3202.17 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2697.45 m = 8849.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.36 C = 95.65 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 25.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.31 mb = 1697.63 m = 5569.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.31 mb = 4573.75 m = 15005.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.31 mb = 10094.20 m = 33117.06 ft B at Equ Level: 364.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.31 mb = 12332.11 m = 40459.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.6 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 24.6 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -22.7 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.91 Bulk Shear: 94.16 m/s