MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 147 SFC 971 405 20.7 17.1 80 3.7 18.2 118 7 296.4 298.7 292.5 333.0 12.70 2 950 591 23.2 16.0 64 7.2 18.3 130 16 300.7 302.9 293.4 336.2 12.09 3 900 1063 21.4 13.4 60 8.0 16.2 152 12 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.8 10.82 4 850 1556 19.2 8.5 50 10.7 12.6 171 8 306.2 307.8 292.0 331.0 8.19 5 800 2075 16.3 4.1 44 12.2 9.3 131 5 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.44 6 750 2621 13.2 -0.5 39 13.7 5.9 46 7 310.9 311.8 290.6 326.3 4.92 7 700 3197 9.9 -7.6 28 17.5 1.8 17 14 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.3 3.08 8 650 3808 6.1 -8.1 35 14.1 -0.4 355 18 315.8 316.5 290.6 326.2 3.20 9 600 4458 1.8 -13.3 32 15.1 -4.3 344 23 318.3 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.29 10 550 5154 -3.0 -17.9 31 14.9 -8.2 339 29 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.70 11 500 5900 -8.2 -25.2 24 16.9 -12.9 342 31 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 0.99 12 450 6709 -13.6 -33.4 17 19.8 -17.8 338 30 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.0 0.51 13 400 7595 -19.2 -42.0 11 22.9 -22.6 335 37 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.24 14 350 8573 -26.8 -46.5 14 19.7 -29.0 333 41 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 15 300 9667 -34.6 -48.5 23 13.9 -35.8 339 50 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.16 16 250 10919 -42.8 -49.2 49 6.5 -43.2 327 60 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.17 17 200 12388 -52.6 -62.0 31 9.4 -52.8 334 49 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14219 -59.7 -75.1 12 15.4 -59.9 295 30 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16699 -66.1 -83.2 7 17.1 -66.2 174 8 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.15 m Freezing level: 581.08 mb = 4721.38 m = 15489.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.00 mb = 3694.65 m = 12121.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.68 mb = 874.08 m = 2867.67 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 12.91 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.66 mb = 3129.69 m = 10267.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.32 C = 99.17 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 16.66 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5203.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.29 mb = 1829.47 m = 6002.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 23.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -37.8 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 117.22 m/s