MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 37.12,-96.92 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -96.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 971 363 29.8 19.9 55 9.9 22.7 204 2 305.6 308.4 296.9 351.2 15.25 2 950 555 28.2 16.9 50 11.3 20.4 236 4 305.8 308.2 295.3 344.2 12.81 3 900 1032 23.8 15.5 60 8.3 18.1 260 8 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.2 12.40 4 850 1529 19.4 13.8 70 5.6 15.7 268 12 306.5 308.7 294.7 341.8 11.73 5 800 2047 14.9 11.8 82 3.1 12.9 271 16 307.0 309.0 294.3 339.9 10.91 6 750 2590 10.3 9.6 95 0.7 9.9 274 18 307.8 309.6 293.9 338.3 10.07 7 700 3162 6.0 4.7 91 1.3 5.3 280 18 309.2 310.6 292.4 332.8 7.70 8 650 3765 3.0 -11.5 33 14.5 -2.9 296 23 312.3 312.8 288.8 320.2 2.43 9 600 4409 -0.5 -21.8 18 21.3 -7.2 306 29 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.3 1.11 10 550 5099 -4.0 -27.7 14 23.7 -10.4 309 35 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.71 11 500 5844 -8.5 -33.3 11 24.9 -14.0 307 40 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.46 12 450 6652 -14.0 -36.2 13 22.3 -18.3 305 41 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.38 13 400 7535 -20.2 -43.3 11 23.1 -23.4 304 45 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.21 14 350 8511 -27.2 -48.3 12 21.1 -29.4 307 49 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 15 300 9599 -36.5 -52.8 17 16.3 -37.5 302 51 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 16 250 10835 -46.1 -58.3 24 12.2 -46.6 298 53 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.06 17 200 12297 -52.1 -67.2 15 15.2 -52.4 298 73 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14127 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 299 55 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16616 -64.6 -83.4 6 18.8 -64.7 306 20 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.15 m Freezing level: 606.92 mb = 4319.72 m = 14172.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.85 mb = 3544.59 m = 11629.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.02 mb = 1619.43 m = 5313.01 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 31.87 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.55 mb = 2157.87 m = 7079.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.94 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 40.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.44 mb = 2010.49 m = 6596.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.44 mb = 2277.06 m = 7470.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.44 mb = 11718.78 m = 38446.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1253.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.44 mb = 14619.42 m = 47963.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 22.44 Bulk Shear: 56.47 m/s