MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38.51,-97.92 Latitude: 38.51 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 959 489 27.9 18.8 58 9.1 21.5 163 8 304.8 307.4 296.1 347.7 14.40 2 950 569 28.1 16.9 50 11.3 20.3 167 11 305.7 308.1 295.3 344.1 12.81 3 900 1046 24.0 15.1 58 8.8 17.9 187 11 306.2 308.5 294.9 342.5 12.10 4 850 1543 19.4 14.1 71 5.3 15.8 208 10 306.5 308.7 294.9 342.4 11.95 5 800 2061 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 246 12 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.3 11.31 6 750 2606 11.9 7.1 72 4.8 9.0 295 15 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.5 8.49 7 700 3181 8.8 1.0 58 7.7 4.5 316 17 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.6 5.89 8 650 3789 3.8 -2.5 64 6.3 0.6 327 21 313.2 314.2 291.3 328.7 4.90 9 600 4434 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.3 328 24 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.4 2.55 10 550 5123 -4.4 -23.1 22 18.7 -10.0 325 27 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.09 11 500 5868 -8.5 -24.5 26 16.0 -13.0 330 30 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.3 1.05 12 450 6677 -13.8 -36.8 12 23.1 -18.1 324 26 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.36 13 400 7561 -19.6 -48.7 6 29.0 -23.2 316 33 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 14 350 8539 -25.9 -51.4 7 25.5 -28.4 314 41 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 15 300 9636 -33.8 -56.7 8 23.0 -35.3 307 48 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.06 16 250 10887 -43.7 -60.6 14 16.9 -44.3 300 56 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12356 -52.6 -64.6 22 12.0 -52.9 300 74 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14169 -62.6 -77.9 11 15.3 -62.7 294 54 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16638 -64.3 -82.7 6 18.4 -64.5 338 16 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.92 m Freezing level: 609.71 mb = 4308.69 m = 14135.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.88 mb = 3853.11 m = 12641.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.35 mb = 1650.67 m = 5415.51 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 25.05 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2414.87 m = 7922.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 34.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 720.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.41 mb = 2099.40 m = 6887.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.41 mb = 3282.57 m = 10769.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.41 mb = 11117.29 m = 36473.59 ft B at Equ Level: 718.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.41 mb = 14110.38 m = 46293.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.9 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 343.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 6.66 Bulk Shear: 108.25 m/s