MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 37.35,-98.70 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 511 SFC 947 539 33.1 16.5 37 16.5 21.5 178 13 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.6 12.59 3 900 998 30.9 13.8 35 17.1 19.2 191 26 313.4 315.5 296.1 347.6 11.07 4 850 1506 26.5 12.3 41 14.2 17.0 205 27 313.9 315.9 295.9 346.9 10.63 5 800 2037 22.0 11.0 50 11.0 14.7 225 26 314.6 316.5 295.9 346.7 10.34 6 750 2593 17.0 9.5 61 7.5 12.1 240 26 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.1 9.98 7 700 3177 12.0 6.4 68 5.7 8.6 258 26 315.8 317.5 295.0 342.9 8.63 8 650 3794 8.0 -1.8 50 9.8 2.8 268 26 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.6 5.16 9 600 4449 3.2 -10.1 37 13.3 -2.6 274 27 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.96 10 550 5147 -2.0 -19.7 24 17.7 -8.0 280 27 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.46 11 500 5897 -7.2 -31.9 12 24.7 -13.1 283 27 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 12 450 6708 -12.8 -37.8 10 25.0 -17.6 286 29 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33 13 400 7595 -18.9 -40.7 13 21.8 -22.4 287 34 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 14 350 8575 -26.3 -41.7 22 15.5 -28.3 288 38 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.28 15 300 9673 -33.4 -53.8 11 20.4 -34.9 293 41 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 16 250 10927 -43.0 -56.0 23 13.0 -43.6 294 43 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 17 200 12390 -54.8 -62.9 36 8.1 -54.9 294 48 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14182 -64.2 -75.8 19 11.6 -64.3 296 46 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16634 -66.1 -83.3 7 17.2 -66.2 286 21 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.55 m Freezing level: 569.23 mb = 4878.55 m = 16005.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.01 mb = 4128.00 m = 13543.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.41 % Est. max temperature: 36.58 C = 97.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.95 mb = 2639.19 m = 8658.64 ft T: 16.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.95 mb = 3555.10 m = 11663.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.45 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1089.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.66 mb = 3073.25 m = 10082.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.66 mb = 4264.80 m = 13991.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.66 mb = 12590.82 m = 41307.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.66 mb = 15349.80 m = 50359.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 12.13 Bulk Shear: 89.80 m/s