MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 26 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 197 SFC 976 405 14.3 9.5 73 4.8 11.5 93 5 289.5 290.8 285.7 311.1 7.65 2 950 632 16.5 7.6 56 8.9 11.4 96 10 293.9 295.2 286.7 313.9 6.90 3 900 1092 15.0 4.4 49 10.6 9.2 92 11 297.0 298.0 286.8 314.1 5.83 4 850 1573 12.7 1.5 46 11.2 6.8 79 9 299.4 300.4 286.9 314.4 5.01 5 800 2080 10.7 2.7 58 8.0 6.4 64 4 302.6 303.6 288.8 320.1 5.82 6 750 2616 8.1 4.4 78 3.7 6.0 344 4 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.5 7.00 7 700 3183 4.7 3.2 90 1.5 3.9 295 12 307.7 309.0 291.4 328.8 6.90 8 650 3786 3.6 -13.4 28 16.9 -3.1 292 22 313.0 313.4 288.7 319.9 2.10 9 600 4431 -0.5 -12.4 40 11.9 -5.3 297 28 315.5 316.0 289.9 323.6 2.46 10 550 5120 -4.7 -17.5 36 12.8 -9.1 300 33 318.5 318.8 290.1 324.4 1.76 11 500 5864 -8.4 -17.9 46 9.5 -11.6 296 36 322.8 323.1 291.5 329.1 1.87 12 450 6675 -13.1 -21.9 47 8.9 -15.7 293 38 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.9 1.47 13 400 7562 -19.2 -24.9 60 5.7 -20.7 299 39 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.6 1.27 14 350 8540 -26.4 -27.4 91 1.0 -26.6 304 49 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.3 1.15 15 300 9638 -34.0 -36.4 78 2.5 -34.3 308 68 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.56 16 250 10891 -43.2 -45.0 82 1.8 -43.3 301 81 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.9 0.28 17 200 12354 -54.9 -55.7 91 0.7 -54.9 289 91 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 18 150 14154 -62.4 -77.6 11 15.3 -62.5 314 68 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16624 -66.8 -83.4 8 16.6 -66.9 309 29 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.76 m Freezing level: 606.30 mb = 4349.42 m = 14269.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.13 mb = 3513.65 m = 11527.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.12 mb = 1015.39 m = 3331.29 ft T: 15.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 608.59 mb = 4316.11 m = 14160.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.73 C = 103.51 F Cap Strength: 9.98 C Lifted Index: 11.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.05 C Showalter Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 9.91 C K Index: 21.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 71.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11351.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.73 mb = 2031.12 m = 6663.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 332.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: -22.9 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 100.34 m/s