MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 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 152 SFC 971 405 20.0 18.5 91 1.5 18.9 117 11 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.6 13.91 2 950 594 18.4 17.6 95 0.7 17.9 120 18 295.8 298.3 292.9 334.6 13.47 3 900 1059 18.5 15.6 83 2.9 16.5 163 17 300.5 302.8 293.6 337.1 12.46 4 850 1549 16.4 14.2 87 2.1 15.0 207 20 303.3 305.5 294.1 339.2 12.10 5 800 2063 13.2 12.8 97 0.4 12.9 233 24 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.2 11.69 6 750 2606 11.6 9.0 84 2.5 10.0 262 25 309.1 311.0 294.0 338.7 9.69 7 700 3182 9.5 5.1 74 4.4 6.9 278 23 313.0 314.5 293.7 337.6 7.90 8 650 3794 5.4 2.6 82 2.8 3.8 281 25 315.1 316.4 293.7 337.5 7.13 9 600 4444 1.0 0.0 93 1.0 0.5 282 29 317.3 318.6 293.7 337.7 6.40 10 550 5139 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 283 33 320.2 321.2 293.6 336.9 5.15 11 500 5888 -7.6 -9.0 89 1.4 -8.2 283 34 323.8 324.5 293.4 336.6 3.86 12 450 6702 -11.9 -13.5 87 1.7 -12.5 293 32 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.5 2.99 13 400 7594 -17.5 -18.8 90 1.3 -18.0 296 32 332.2 332.6 294.3 339.8 2.16 14 350 8580 -24.7 -25.2 95 0.5 -24.9 294 32 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.5 1.40 15 300 9682 -33.5 -33.8 96 0.4 -33.5 292 36 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.0 0.73 16 250 10935 -42.3 -50.9 39 8.6 -42.9 296 45 343.1 343.2 295.2 343.7 0.14 17 200 12414 -51.4 -68.6 11 17.2 -51.8 304 61 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14227 -63.7 -77.0 15 13.2 -63.8 307 51 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16676 -68.3 -83.1 10 14.8 -68.4 323 26 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.28 m Freezing level: 587.90 mb = 4611.90 m = 15130.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.13 mb = 4522.30 m = 14836.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.35 mb = 591.03 m = 1939.05 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.73 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1804.10 m = 5918.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 33.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4527.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.15 mb = 1114.66 m = 3656.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 352.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 352.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 206.63 m/s