MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 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 150 SFC 971 405 19.8 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 118 11 295.5 298.0 293.2 335.5 13.95 2 950 592 18.4 17.8 96 0.6 18.0 124 18 295.8 298.3 293.0 335.0 13.61 3 900 1057 18.1 16.2 89 1.9 16.8 170 15 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.3 13.01 4 850 1547 16.6 14.4 87 2.1 15.1 219 19 303.5 305.8 294.3 339.9 12.25 5 800 2061 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 239 23 305.3 307.5 294.5 340.8 11.84 6 750 2604 11.7 9.1 84 2.5 10.1 268 22 309.3 311.1 294.1 339.0 9.75 7 700 3181 9.6 5.5 75 4.2 7.1 276 22 313.1 314.7 293.9 338.3 8.10 8 650 3793 5.7 2.7 81 3.0 4.0 276 25 315.4 316.8 293.8 338.0 7.18 9 600 4443 1.1 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 279 29 317.3 318.6 293.7 337.7 6.40 10 550 5139 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.6 -3.5 284 30 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.3 5.26 11 500 5888 -7.3 -8.5 91 1.2 -7.8 287 30 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.5 4.03 12 450 6702 -11.9 -15.1 77 3.2 -13.0 290 32 328.3 328.8 293.7 337.3 2.63 13 400 7595 -17.4 -19.2 86 1.7 -18.0 290 33 332.3 332.7 294.3 339.7 2.10 14 350 8582 -24.4 -26.7 82 2.2 -24.9 291 36 335.8 336.1 294.4 340.3 1.23 15 300 9684 -33.3 -35.3 82 2.0 -33.6 297 35 338.5 338.6 294.6 340.9 0.63 16 250 10936 -43.0 -47.7 60 4.7 -43.4 300 41 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.9 0.21 17 200 12412 -51.8 -68.7 11 16.9 -52.2 304 60 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14224 -63.3 -77.5 13 14.2 -63.4 307 51 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16676 -68.8 -83.0 11 14.2 -68.8 321 27 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.46 m Freezing level: 587.62 mb = 4615.37 m = 15142.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.87 mb = 4525.33 m = 14846.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.22 mb = 571.78 m = 1875.89 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 3.50 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1755.89 m = 5760.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 0.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.90 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4547.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.03 mb = 1046.68 m = 3433.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 184.21 m/s