MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 150 SFC 971 405 19.3 16.1 82 3.2 17.2 128 6 295.0 297.1 291.5 329.2 11.94 2 950 592 21.7 15.2 66 6.5 17.4 143 15 299.2 301.3 292.5 332.8 11.50 3 900 1062 20.8 14.5 67 6.3 16.6 170 14 302.9 305.1 293.6 337.3 11.59 4 850 1555 18.4 11.0 62 7.5 13.7 185 9 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.7 9.74 5 800 2073 16.4 3.4 42 12.9 9.0 152 5 308.6 309.8 291.0 327.5 6.13 6 750 2619 13.6 -2.8 32 16.3 5.2 51 6 311.3 312.1 290.1 324.4 4.16 7 700 3196 10.3 -4.5 35 14.8 3.0 4 11 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.4 3.92 8 650 3808 6.4 -8.4 34 14.8 -0.3 340 19 316.2 316.8 290.7 326.4 3.12 9 600 4459 1.9 -12.6 33 14.5 -4.0 336 25 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.42 10 550 5154 -2.8 -18.0 30 15.1 -8.2 338 30 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.69 11 500 5902 -7.6 -26.1 21 18.5 -12.7 340 34 323.8 323.9 290.9 327.0 0.91 12 450 6713 -13.4 -29.9 24 16.5 -17.2 339 39 326.4 326.6 291.4 329.0 0.71 13 400 7599 -19.0 -41.5 12 22.5 -22.5 336 31 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.25 14 350 8579 -26.1 -40.8 24 14.7 -28.1 332 33 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.31 15 300 9674 -34.5 -38.8 64 4.4 -35.0 337 36 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.5 0.44 16 250 10924 -43.7 -49.2 54 5.5 -44.0 328 47 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.17 17 200 12387 -52.8 -60.5 39 7.7 -53.0 323 32 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.06 18 150 14210 -60.8 -76.0 12 15.2 -61.0 294 26 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16683 -66.4 -83.1 8 16.7 -66.5 171 17 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.63 m Freezing level: 579.89 mb = 4738.67 m = 15546.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3745.53 m = 12288.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.64 mb = 817.82 m = 2683.10 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.54 mb = 3165.90 m = 10386.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.97 C = 100.35 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.38 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 22.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4768.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.27 mb = 1663.47 m = 5457.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.3 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 12.3 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.6 neg: -43.7 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 134.24 m/s