MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.58,-97.36 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 974 404 16.3 15.9 97 0.4 16.0 141 6 291.6 293.7 290.2 324.8 11.71 2 950 612 14.9 14.9 100 0.0 14.9 158 11 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.3 11.27 3 900 1072 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 198 16 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.5 12.17 4 850 1557 14.2 13.9 98 0.2 14.0 225 18 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.9 11.86 5 800 2069 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 248 20 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.10 6 750 2609 10.1 9.8 98 0.2 9.9 264 24 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.4 10.22 7 700 3182 7.3 7.2 99 0.2 7.2 275 28 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.6 9.13 8 650 3789 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.6 280 28 313.3 314.8 293.5 336.9 7.55 9 600 4436 0.4 -0.1 97 0.5 0.2 281 34 316.6 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.37 10 550 5131 -3.0 -3.8 94 0.8 -3.4 278 38 320.6 321.6 293.7 337.6 5.26 11 500 5881 -7.1 -7.7 96 0.6 -7.4 290 40 324.4 325.2 294.0 338.6 4.29 12 450 6696 -11.3 -11.8 96 0.5 -11.5 295 35 329.1 329.8 294.5 340.8 3.45 13 400 7591 -16.5 -16.9 97 0.4 -16.7 296 32 333.5 334.0 294.9 342.4 2.54 14 350 8582 -23.3 -23.4 99 0.1 -23.4 296 30 337.3 337.7 295.1 343.3 1.65 15 300 9690 -32.0 -32.2 98 0.2 -32.0 292 28 340.3 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.86 16 250 10949 -42.3 -42.6 97 0.3 -42.3 287 24 343.1 343.2 295.4 344.5 0.36 17 200 12416 -54.4 -55.1 92 0.7 -54.4 289 31 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.11 18 150 14215 -64.4 -76.4 18 12.0 -64.5 312 51 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16664 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.6 326 23 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.47 m Freezing level: 593.73 mb = 4523.63 m = 14841.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.66 mb = 4467.72 m = 14657.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.94 mb = 452.99 m = 1486.15 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 965.63 mb = 473.27 m = 1552.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.49 C = 61.69 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6992.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.79 mb = 877.54 m = 2879.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 137.28 m/s