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: 37.62,-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 176 SFC 973 405 16.0 15.6 97 0.4 15.8 144 6 291.4 293.5 290.0 324.0 11.52 2 950 612 14.8 14.7 100 0.1 14.7 161 11 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.8 11.14 3 900 1072 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 199 16 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.4 12.14 4 850 1557 14.3 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 224 17 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.85 5 800 2069 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.0 252 17 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.1 11.00 6 750 2610 9.9 9.6 98 0.4 9.7 266 21 307.4 309.3 293.8 337.8 10.05 7 700 3182 7.1 6.8 98 0.2 6.9 273 24 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.7 8.92 8 650 3788 3.5 3.2 98 0.3 3.4 278 26 312.9 314.4 293.3 336.1 7.44 9 600 4435 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.1 279 32 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.5 6.34 10 550 5130 -3.0 -3.6 95 0.6 -3.3 277 36 320.5 321.6 293.8 337.8 5.33 11 500 5879 -7.0 -7.6 96 0.5 -7.3 288 38 324.5 325.3 294.0 338.8 4.33 12 450 6695 -11.2 -11.7 96 0.5 -11.5 292 34 329.1 329.8 294.6 340.9 3.46 13 400 7590 -16.5 -16.9 97 0.4 -16.6 293 31 333.6 334.1 294.9 342.5 2.55 14 350 8581 -23.3 -23.5 98 0.2 -23.4 293 29 337.4 337.7 295.1 343.3 1.64 15 300 9689 -32.0 -32.3 97 0.3 -32.0 288 28 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.5 0.85 16 250 10948 -42.5 -43.0 95 0.5 -42.6 280 26 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.34 17 200 12414 -54.5 -55.5 89 1.0 -54.5 288 35 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.10 18 150 14214 -64.2 -76.6 17 12.4 -64.3 312 51 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16663 -67.7 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.8 325 24 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.60 m Freezing level: 596.22 mb = 4487.47 m = 14722.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.85 mb = 4450.35 m = 14600.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.24 mb = 459.29 m = 1506.83 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 967.97 mb = 452.90 m = 1485.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.21 C = 61.19 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7132.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.36 mb = 881.58 m = 2892.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 119.46 m/s