MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 186 SFC 975 405 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 11.2 167 4 291.5 292.6 285.4 310.2 6.53 2 950 624 17.9 5.6 44 12.3 11.0 174 9 295.3 296.4 286.4 312.8 6.00 3 900 1086 17.0 5.2 46 11.8 10.3 184 13 299.0 300.1 287.8 317.3 6.17 4 850 1571 14.0 7.5 65 6.5 10.2 199 14 300.8 302.2 289.8 323.5 7.68 5 800 2081 11.5 8.5 82 2.9 9.7 218 14 303.4 305.0 291.6 329.5 8.76 6 750 2619 9.2 8.5 96 0.7 8.8 241 14 306.5 308.3 293.0 334.7 9.33 7 700 3190 6.6 6.3 98 0.2 6.4 264 14 309.8 311.4 293.3 336.1 8.60 8 650 3796 3.9 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 279 17 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.2 7.33 9 600 4443 -0.0 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.4 284 20 316.1 317.3 293.1 335.2 6.02 10 550 5136 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.5 283 21 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.9 4.84 11 500 5883 -8.4 -9.8 89 1.4 -9.0 272 22 322.8 323.5 293.0 334.9 3.63 12 450 6694 -12.4 -13.3 93 0.9 -12.8 275 26 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.0 3.05 13 400 7587 -17.2 -17.7 96 0.5 -17.4 286 33 332.6 333.1 294.6 341.0 2.38 14 350 8575 -24.1 -24.7 95 0.6 -24.2 293 33 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.6 1.48 15 300 9679 -32.9 -33.1 98 0.2 -33.0 294 38 339.0 339.1 294.8 341.9 0.78 16 250 10933 -43.7 -43.7 100 -0.0 -43.7 291 45 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.32 17 200 12388 -56.1 -57.0 90 0.9 -56.2 299 57 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.09 18 150 14198 -61.3 -77.9 9 16.5 -61.4 310 43 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16656 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -67.9 322 26 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.48 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4440.82 m = 14569.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.89 mb = 4364.44 m = 14318.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.53 mb = 1555.49 m = 5103.26 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 594.14 mb = 4521.62 m = 14834.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.00 C = 105.80 F Cap Strength: 9.81 C Lifted Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.24 C Showalter Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 15.88 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10563.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.59 mb = 2296.08 m = 7532.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 42.23 m/s