MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 27 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 187 SFC 975 405 16.2 13.4 83 2.8 14.4 169 6 291.5 293.2 288.6 319.6 9.93 2 950 623 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.4 181 13 292.4 294.1 288.6 319.5 9.53 3 900 1081 14.4 12.8 90 1.6 13.4 185 18 296.3 298.2 290.7 326.4 10.39 4 850 1565 13.7 13.1 96 0.6 13.3 206 17 300.4 302.5 292.6 333.3 11.18 5 800 2076 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 243 18 303.9 306.0 293.4 336.3 10.85 6 750 2616 9.6 9.5 99 0.2 9.5 262 17 307.1 308.9 293.6 337.2 9.98 7 700 3187 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 267 14 310.1 311.7 293.3 335.8 8.36 8 650 3794 3.3 2.7 96 0.6 3.0 272 13 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.1 7.19 9 600 4440 -0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.1 266 23 316.1 317.3 293.3 336.1 6.33 10 550 5134 -3.3 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.4 270 29 320.2 321.2 293.7 337.5 5.36 11 500 5884 -7.0 -7.4 97 0.4 -7.2 270 33 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.1 4.39 12 450 6699 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 272 36 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.40 13 400 7594 -16.8 -17.0 99 0.2 -16.9 273 40 333.1 333.6 294.8 341.9 2.53 14 350 8583 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 277 37 336.9 337.2 295.0 342.7 1.62 15 300 9690 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 280 37 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10946 -43.4 -44.0 94 0.6 -43.4 276 36 341.6 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.31 17 200 12403 -55.6 -57.2 82 1.6 -55.6 291 42 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14210 -62.5 -77.4 12 14.9 -62.7 311 46 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.3 -69.0 327 28 394.5 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.09 m Freezing level: 600.58 mb = 4432.65 m = 14542.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.57 mb = 4419.01 m = 14497.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.37 mb = 763.57 m = 2505.11 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2628.88 m = 8624.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: 7.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.08 C Showalter Index: 2.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 32.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8212.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.58 mb = 1123.02 m = 3684.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 120.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 59.99 m/s