MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 972 406 25.0 17.6 64 7.3 19.9 150 8 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.1 13.17 2 950 608 22.2 16.2 69 6.0 18.2 154 11 299.7 301.9 293.2 335.6 12.28 3 900 1078 21.0 14.6 67 6.4 16.8 185 12 303.2 305.3 293.8 338.0 11.72 4 850 1571 18.8 10.8 60 8.0 13.7 202 11 305.8 307.6 293.0 334.8 9.62 5 800 2090 16.8 2.3 38 14.5 8.7 198 8 309.1 310.2 290.7 326.6 5.65 6 750 2637 13.9 -1.7 34 15.6 5.8 177 4 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.9 4.52 7 700 3215 10.9 -5.1 32 16.0 3.0 312 4 314.6 315.3 290.7 326.5 3.72 8 650 3828 7.1 -6.3 38 13.4 0.7 312 13 317.0 317.7 291.4 328.9 3.67 9 600 4481 2.5 -7.4 48 9.9 -2.1 309 21 319.1 319.8 292.0 331.0 3.67 10 550 5178 -2.7 -12.2 48 9.6 -6.5 316 23 320.9 321.5 291.7 330.0 2.72 11 500 5926 -8.3 -15.0 59 6.6 -10.8 332 26 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.0 2.40 12 450 6735 -13.5 -19.7 60 6.2 -15.4 322 22 326.3 326.7 292.4 332.5 1.79 13 400 7621 -19.4 -24.5 64 5.2 -20.7 326 19 329.8 330.1 292.9 334.5 1.31 14 350 8600 -26.0 -30.9 63 4.9 -26.9 309 15 333.7 333.9 293.5 336.8 0.83 15 300 9697 -34.0 -36.9 75 2.9 -34.3 305 28 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.54 16 250 10952 -42.8 -52.7 33 9.9 -43.3 322 44 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.12 17 200 12418 -54.5 -61.7 41 7.2 -54.7 316 50 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 18 150 14222 -63.0 -75.1 18 12.1 -63.1 306 28 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16697 -65.2 -83.2 7 17.9 -65.4 199 14 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.27 m Freezing level: 575.61 mb = 4820.95 m = 15816.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3980.91 m = 13060.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.42 mb = 1336.48 m = 4384.72 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3172.57 m = 10408.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.69 C = 101.65 F Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 21.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 487.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.62 mb = 1696.64 m = 5566.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.62 mb = 5884.77 m = 19306.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.62 mb = 7757.31 m = 25450.17 ft B at Equ Level: 33.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.62 mb = 9179.52 m = 30116.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.9 neg: -25.5 tot: 43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 75.34 m/s