MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 185 SFC 975 405 15.7 7.0 56 8.7 10.9 140 6 291.0 292.1 285.1 309.4 6.43 2 950 623 18.6 5.7 43 12.9 11.3 150 13 296.0 297.1 286.6 313.7 6.04 3 900 1085 17.2 4.8 44 12.4 10.2 163 13 299.2 300.3 287.7 316.9 5.98 4 850 1571 14.7 2.4 43 12.3 8.0 174 11 301.5 302.5 287.9 317.6 5.35 5 800 2081 12.7 -1.1 38 13.8 5.6 190 11 304.7 305.5 288.2 318.2 4.40 6 750 2620 9.9 2.7 61 7.2 5.9 226 11 307.3 308.5 290.6 326.3 6.19 7 700 3191 7.2 2.9 74 4.3 4.8 257 15 310.5 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.75 8 650 3799 4.4 -0.6 70 4.9 1.8 270 18 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.7 5.66 9 600 4446 0.3 -3.4 76 3.7 -1.6 280 20 316.5 317.4 292.3 332.4 4.97 10 550 5140 -3.3 -9.6 61 6.4 -6.0 289 23 320.2 320.9 292.0 331.2 3.35 11 500 5889 -7.2 -18.8 39 11.7 -11.1 290 22 324.3 324.7 291.8 330.3 1.73 12 450 6702 -12.1 -18.1 61 6.0 -14.2 298 24 328.0 328.4 293.0 335.0 2.04 13 400 7594 -17.5 -20.0 81 2.5 -18.3 296 28 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.1 1.95 14 350 8580 -24.6 -26.1 87 1.6 -24.9 303 32 335.7 335.9 294.4 340.4 1.30 15 300 9683 -33.2 -33.5 97 0.3 -33.3 304 36 338.6 338.7 294.7 341.4 0.76 16 250 10934 -44.4 -44.8 95 0.5 -44.4 294 43 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.2 0.28 17 200 12386 -56.2 -57.1 90 0.8 -56.3 304 64 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.08 18 150 14195 -61.7 -77.5 11 15.8 -61.9 306 41 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16650 -68.3 -83.4 10 15.1 -68.4 323 28 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.39 m Freezing level: 595.64 mb = 4506.76 m = 14785.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.39 mb = 4136.98 m = 13572.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.62 mb = 1524.47 m = 5001.48 ft T: 14.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 575.20 mb = 4782.84 m = 15691.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.80 C = 109.04 F Cap Strength: 10.77 C Lifted Index: 12.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.03 C Showalter Index: 10.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 9.54 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10670.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.40 mb = 2406.84 m = 7896.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 70.31 m/s