MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 191 SFC 975 405 18.1 8.8 55 9.3 12.7 120 6 293.3 294.6 286.8 314.3 7.30 2 950 633 21.0 7.2 41 13.8 13.0 125 11 298.5 299.7 288.2 318.3 6.72 3 900 1097 17.5 5.5 45 12.0 10.7 117 8 299.5 300.7 288.2 318.2 6.30 4 850 1583 14.7 0.9 39 13.8 7.5 120 7 301.6 302.5 287.5 316.1 4.80 5 800 2093 12.7 -2.5 35 15.2 5.2 118 7 304.7 305.5 287.8 317.0 3.98 6 750 2632 9.5 -1.4 46 10.9 3.9 117 3 306.9 307.7 289.0 321.1 4.60 7 700 3202 7.5 -6.8 35 14.3 1.0 271 5 310.8 311.4 289.1 321.3 3.29 8 650 3809 4.9 -15.0 22 19.9 -2.7 280 10 314.5 314.9 288.9 320.6 1.84 9 600 4457 1.4 -24.7 12 26.1 -6.6 286 12 317.7 317.9 288.9 320.7 0.86 10 550 5152 -2.0 -33.9 7 31.9 -9.8 295 14 321.7 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.39 11 500 5903 -6.2 -34.8 8 28.7 -12.7 307 18 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.40 12 450 6718 -11.9 -21.0 47 9.1 -14.7 313 26 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.9 1.59 13 400 7609 -18.2 -23.8 61 5.6 -19.7 305 35 331.4 331.6 293.4 336.4 1.40 14 350 8593 -24.8 -27.3 80 2.5 -25.4 307 41 335.3 335.5 294.2 339.5 1.16 15 300 9695 -33.7 -35.0 88 1.3 -33.8 315 41 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.4 0.65 16 250 10947 -43.6 -45.6 81 1.9 -43.8 316 57 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.26 17 200 12408 -55.0 -55.5 93 0.6 -55.0 308 69 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.1 0.10 18 150 14218 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.1 -63.0 317 51 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16668 -69.2 -83.2 11 14.0 -69.3 327 31 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.14 m Freezing level: 579.96 mb = 4735.42 m = 15535.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.03 mb = 3354.93 m = 11006.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.10 mb = 1591.61 m = 5221.76 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.46 mb = 4832.11 m = 15853.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.43 C = 111.97 F Cap Strength: 10.54 C Lifted Index: 11.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.09 C Showalter Index: 12.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 7.08 C K Index: 7.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9911.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.89 mb = 2435.04 m = 7988.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 52.54 m/s