MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 155 SFC 972 407 29.6 18.7 52 10.9 21.9 160 10 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.3 14.09 2 950 606 26.1 16.9 57 9.2 19.8 163 13 303.7 306.1 294.8 341.9 12.86 3 900 1080 21.6 15.8 70 5.8 17.7 168 13 303.7 306.1 294.6 341.2 12.62 4 850 1573 18.0 12.9 72 5.1 14.7 181 13 305.0 307.0 293.9 338.1 11.07 5 800 2092 17.3 1.5 34 15.8 8.6 194 12 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.35 6 750 2639 14.5 -2.2 31 16.7 5.8 198 8 312.3 313.2 290.6 326.0 4.33 7 700 3219 11.3 -5.2 31 16.5 3.2 252 7 315.0 315.8 290.9 327.0 3.71 8 650 3833 7.2 -1.7 53 8.9 2.5 303 14 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.7 5.20 9 600 4486 2.4 -5.2 57 7.6 -1.3 322 17 318.9 319.8 292.5 332.9 4.33 10 550 5184 -2.4 -10.5 54 8.1 -5.8 323 17 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.7 3.13 11 500 5932 -8.3 -13.2 68 4.8 -10.2 318 17 322.9 323.4 292.3 332.1 2.77 12 450 6742 -13.3 -18.9 63 5.6 -15.1 327 25 326.5 326.9 292.6 333.1 1.91 13 400 7629 -18.7 -26.7 49 8.0 -20.6 318 20 330.7 331.0 293.0 334.6 1.08 14 350 8612 -25.3 -33.3 47 8.0 -26.8 306 25 334.6 334.8 293.6 337.1 0.66 15 300 9712 -33.5 -40.7 48 7.2 -34.3 310 30 338.2 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.36 16 250 10966 -43.0 -48.6 54 5.6 -43.4 305 35 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.19 17 200 12431 -54.3 -60.7 45 6.5 -54.4 305 50 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14235 -63.3 -74.5 21 11.1 -63.4 312 20 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16704 -65.9 -82.9 8 17.0 -66.0 201 10 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.03 m Freezing level: 574.69 mb = 4839.16 m = 15876.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.43 mb = 4252.34 m = 13951.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.17 mb = 1774.96 m = 5823.30 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 3028.69 m = 9936.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.46 C = 101.22 F Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 22.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 275.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.50 mb = 1823.22 m = 5981.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.50 mb = 4890.22 m = 16043.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.50 mb = 10423.70 m = 34198.06 ft B at Equ Level: 289.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.50 mb = 13074.48 m = 42894.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 50.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.40 Bulk Shear: 66.51 m/s