MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 37.51,-97.4 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -97.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 401 26.9 19.6 64 7.4 21.7 190 4 302.9 305.6 296.0 347.2 14.97 2 950 568 24.8 18.5 68 6.3 20.4 197 5 302.3 305.0 295.4 344.5 14.27 3 900 1040 20.2 17.6 85 2.6 18.4 205 8 302.4 305.0 295.4 344.4 14.23 4 850 1531 16.4 16.3 99 0.1 16.4 213 12 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.5 13.88 5 800 2048 14.7 13.5 92 1.2 13.9 222 23 306.8 309.1 295.2 343.7 12.24 6 750 2594 12.6 10.7 88 2.0 11.3 234 28 310.3 312.3 295.1 343.3 10.81 7 700 3171 9.3 6.1 80 3.2 7.3 247 29 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.0 8.46 8 650 3783 6.1 -3.6 50 9.7 1.2 259 27 315.8 316.7 291.8 330.3 4.52 9 600 4433 1.6 -8.8 46 10.5 -3.0 259 24 318.0 318.7 291.3 328.7 3.27 10 550 5128 -3.1 -12.9 47 9.8 -7.0 252 17 320.4 320.9 291.4 329.0 2.58 11 500 5875 -8.8 -17.4 50 8.6 -11.7 269 19 322.3 322.7 291.4 329.0 1.96 12 450 6683 -13.7 -18.5 67 4.8 -15.2 274 27 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.9 1.98 13 400 7568 -19.0 -27.2 48 8.2 -21.0 255 34 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.0 1.03 14 350 8551 -25.1 -33.0 48 7.9 -26.5 233 40 334.9 335.1 293.7 337.5 0.68 15 300 9651 -33.8 -41.1 48 7.3 -34.7 226 46 337.7 337.7 294.1 339.0 0.35 16 250 10899 -44.7 -48.8 63 4.2 -44.9 227 49 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.18 17 200 12356 -55.5 -62.8 40 7.3 -55.6 221 53 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14140 -65.4 -73.5 31 8.1 -65.5 249 53 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16604 -65.5 -83.2 7 17.7 -65.7 254 23 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.58 m Freezing level: 582.74 mb = 4673.08 m = 15331.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.88 mb = 3961.23 m = 12996.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.97 mb = 1331.56 m = 4368.59 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.83 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1470.18 m = 4823.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.21 mb = 1378.74 m = 4523.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.21 mb = 3654.10 m = 11988.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.21 mb = 12349.43 m = 40516.00 ft B at Equ Level: 816.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.21 mb = 14999.95 m = 49211.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 21.63 Bulk Shear: 38.07 m/s