MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 161 SFC 972 405 20.2 18.0 88 2.1 18.7 150 9 295.7 298.1 292.9 334.5 13.51 2 950 602 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 157 12 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.3 12.87 3 900 1064 15.6 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 184 15 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.4 12.35 4 850 1550 14.5 13.9 96 0.7 14.1 219 18 301.4 303.5 293.3 336.1 11.79 5 800 2063 13.2 11.6 90 1.6 12.1 248 20 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.4 10.77 6 750 2606 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.8 270 23 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.1 9.52 7 700 3180 8.2 6.9 92 1.2 7.4 281 26 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.2 8.97 8 650 3790 5.1 3.4 89 1.6 4.1 282 28 314.7 316.1 293.9 338.3 7.55 9 600 4440 1.3 0.3 93 1.0 0.7 279 33 317.6 318.8 293.9 338.3 6.52 10 550 5136 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.4 -3.5 284 34 320.7 321.7 293.6 337.2 5.09 11 500 5886 -7.3 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.8 292 36 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.7 4.07 12 450 6700 -12.3 -13.6 90 1.2 -12.8 291 34 327.8 328.4 293.8 337.9 2.99 13 400 7591 -17.4 -20.9 74 3.5 -18.5 285 35 332.4 332.8 294.0 338.8 1.80 14 350 8579 -24.1 -25.9 85 1.8 -24.6 284 35 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.0 1.32 15 300 9684 -32.9 -33.3 96 0.4 -33.0 283 34 339.0 339.1 294.8 341.9 0.77 16 250 10939 -43.3 -45.8 76 2.5 -43.5 277 41 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.7 0.25 17 200 12408 -52.3 -64.5 22 12.2 -52.7 302 54 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14218 -63.7 -77.1 14 13.4 -63.8 310 50 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16663 -68.1 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.2 328 29 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.54 m Freezing level: 584.61 mb = 4654.46 m = 15270.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.49 mb = 4554.48 m = 14942.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.23 mb = 672.22 m = 2205.41 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.25 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 1019.62 m = 3345.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.85 C = 71.33 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5558.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.39 mb = 956.55 m = 3138.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 141.43 m/s