MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 213 SFC 978 405 19.6 9.9 54 9.6 13.8 106 6 294.6 296.0 287.8 317.3 7.85 2 950 651 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.8 106 8 293.8 295.1 287.1 314.9 7.33 3 900 1109 14.7 3.8 48 10.8 8.8 104 10 296.6 297.7 286.4 313.1 5.61 4 850 1591 12.7 0.1 42 12.7 6.3 94 9 299.5 300.3 286.4 313.0 4.52 5 800 2098 10.4 0.3 50 10.1 5.2 82 5 302.2 303.1 287.8 317.0 4.90 6 750 2632 7.4 3.6 77 3.7 5.3 308 3 304.6 305.8 290.2 324.6 6.64 7 700 3198 4.5 1.2 79 3.4 2.7 300 13 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.7 5.96 8 650 3800 2.8 -3.6 63 6.4 -0.3 304 21 312.2 313.0 290.7 326.4 4.51 9 600 4445 -0.1 -12.6 38 12.6 -5.1 309 28 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.0 2.41 10 550 5136 -3.8 -23.0 21 19.3 -9.6 309 30 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.4 1.09 11 500 5883 -8.2 -20.2 37 12.0 -12.0 307 34 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.4 1.54 12 450 6692 -13.6 -24.0 41 10.4 -16.4 299 34 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.23 13 400 7577 -19.6 -35.1 24 15.5 -22.5 306 37 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.3 0.48 14 350 8555 -26.3 -34.2 47 7.9 -27.6 312 46 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.6 0.61 15 300 9653 -33.8 -39.9 54 6.1 -34.5 313 60 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.3 0.40 16 250 10904 -43.7 -43.8 99 0.0 -43.7 300 68 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.32 17 200 12364 -55.1 -56.3 87 1.1 -55.2 292 77 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.09 18 150 14167 -61.9 -77.1 11 15.2 -62.1 312 68 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16641 -68.4 -83.2 10 14.8 -68.5 302 32 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.49 m Freezing level: 601.17 mb = 4430.06 m = 14534.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.44 mb = 3732.63 m = 12246.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.17 mb = 1618.76 m = 5310.84 ft T: 12.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.22 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.40 mb = 4333.17 m = 14216.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.20 C = 104.36 F Cap Strength: 10.58 C Lifted Index: 11.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.54 C Showalter Index: 12.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 8.23 C K Index: 17.62 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 53.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11140.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.70 mb = 2058.96 m = 6755.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -20.4 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 84.73 m/s