MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 37.33,-98.05 Latitude: 37.33 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 960 443 24.7 13.0 48 11.8 17.1 183 7 301.4 303.2 291.8 330.4 9.82 2 950 534 26.2 12.8 43 13.4 17.5 198 13 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.1 9.81 3 900 1011 26.1 12.2 42 13.9 17.0 224 25 308.4 310.2 294.0 338.6 9.95 4 850 1512 22.7 8.4 40 14.3 13.8 208 23 310.0 311.5 293.1 335.0 8.17 5 800 2036 18.0 7.5 50 10.5 11.5 197 22 310.3 311.8 293.2 335.4 8.15 6 750 2583 12.9 6.2 64 6.7 8.9 201 22 310.6 312.1 293.0 335.0 7.94 7 700 3160 9.6 -2.2 44 11.8 3.5 215 16 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.8 4.66 8 650 3771 7.0 -15.5 18 22.5 -1.8 215 11 316.9 317.3 289.6 322.8 1.76 9 600 4424 3.0 -17.8 20 20.7 -4.7 208 10 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.9 1.57 10 550 5122 -1.8 -23.7 17 21.9 -8.6 222 10 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.03 11 500 5872 -6.5 -24.2 23 17.6 -11.8 268 8 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.9 1.08 12 450 6686 -12.7 -25.2 35 12.4 -16.1 321 9 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.1 1.10 13 400 7573 -18.9 -41.5 12 22.6 -22.4 323 18 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.25 14 350 8555 -25.5 -51.7 7 26.2 -28.1 321 23 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 15 300 9651 -34.5 -48.2 24 13.7 -35.6 309 31 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.16 16 250 10904 -41.9 -58.2 15 16.2 -42.7 299 53 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.06 17 200 12377 -53.2 -64.1 26 10.8 -53.5 294 63 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14178 -63.5 -75.1 19 11.6 -63.6 287 50 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -67.4 -82.4 10 15.0 -67.5 318 15 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.04 m Freezing level: 568.72 mb = 4860.27 m = 15945.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.85 mb = 3560.12 m = 11680.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.63 mb = 1953.74 m = 6409.83 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.55 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.29 mb = 3818.07 m = 12526.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.27 C = 104.49 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 14.95 C K Index: 25.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4710.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.02 mb = 2661.51 m = 8731.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: -46.3 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 39.12 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s