MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 37.81,-98.53 Latitude: 37.81 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 952 554 23.6 18.3 72 5.3 19.9 190 7 301.0 303.5 294.8 342.2 14.04 2 950 575 24.1 17.9 68 6.2 19.8 190 8 301.6 304.2 294.8 342.1 13.72 3 900 1049 23.2 15.0 60 8.2 17.7 211 12 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.3 12.00 4 850 1545 19.6 12.5 63 7.1 14.9 258 10 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.0 10.74 5 800 2064 15.5 9.0 65 6.5 11.4 288 10 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.1 9.04 6 750 2608 11.1 6.2 72 4.9 8.2 312 13 308.6 310.1 292.5 332.9 7.95 7 700 3180 6.6 2.6 76 3.9 4.4 327 17 309.8 311.0 291.7 330.2 6.62 8 650 3784 3.1 -5.1 55 8.2 -0.8 336 19 312.4 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.02 9 600 4430 1.2 -23.8 13 25.0 -6.5 331 23 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.93 10 550 5124 -3.4 -32.6 8 29.2 -10.5 323 26 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.7 0.45 11 500 5869 -8.8 -34.5 10 25.8 -14.3 319 27 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.41 12 450 6677 -13.4 -42.5 7 29.1 -18.2 318 33 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.20 13 400 7563 -19.5 -46.5 7 27.0 -23.1 306 37 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 14 350 8539 -27.0 -49.9 10 22.9 -29.2 301 40 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 15 300 9633 -34.6 -55.3 10 20.7 -36.0 294 50 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 16 250 10882 -43.2 -59.1 16 15.9 -43.9 287 62 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 17 200 12355 -51.7 -69.4 10 17.7 -52.1 287 75 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14181 -61.1 -78.1 9 17.0 -61.3 293 57 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16649 -66.5 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.6 313 16 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.75 m Freezing level: 586.97 mb = 4610.91 m = 15127.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.72 mb = 3688.00 m = 12099.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.99 mb = 1234.32 m = 4049.57 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 21.48 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.04 mb = 2396.56 m = 7862.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 494.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.63 mb = 1972.21 m = 6470.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.63 mb = 2790.80 m = 9156.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.63 mb = 10263.64 m = 33672.95 ft B at Equ Level: 493.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.63 mb = 12896.95 m = 42312.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 345.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 5.98 Bulk Shear: 82.65 m/s