MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 147 SFC 970 405 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.8 125 12 293.8 296.2 292.1 331.4 13.18 2 950 586 17.0 17.0 100 0.0 17.0 128 23 294.4 296.7 292.1 331.3 12.91 3 900 1052 19.6 16.1 80 3.5 17.2 158 25 301.7 304.0 294.2 339.7 12.89 4 850 1544 18.3 14.6 79 3.7 15.8 203 25 305.3 307.6 294.9 342.3 12.39 5 800 2063 16.4 11.9 74 4.5 13.5 238 25 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.1 11.01 6 750 2611 13.7 8.7 72 5.0 10.6 276 24 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.6 9.46 7 700 3189 9.5 5.8 78 3.7 7.2 289 25 313.0 314.5 294.0 338.6 8.27 8 650 3801 5.1 2.9 86 2.2 3.8 285 23 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.6 7.28 9 600 4450 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 279 23 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.5 6.51 10 550 5144 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 284 24 320.3 321.4 293.8 337.8 5.41 11 500 5894 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.3 290 27 324.4 325.3 294.0 338.8 4.36 12 450 6709 -11.7 -12.2 96 0.5 -11.9 294 27 328.6 329.2 294.3 339.9 3.34 13 400 7602 -17.4 -17.5 100 0.1 -17.4 296 28 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.8 2.42 14 350 8588 -24.5 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.5 300 31 335.7 336.0 294.6 341.1 1.50 15 300 9691 -33.3 -33.3 100 0.0 -33.3 305 34 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.4 0.77 16 250 10943 -43.8 -43.8 100 -0.0 -43.8 290 37 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.32 17 200 12416 -51.6 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.9 308 67 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14234 -62.9 -77.9 12 15.0 -63.0 308 48 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16683 -68.5 -83.0 11 14.5 -68.6 324 24 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.37 m Freezing level: 592.12 mb = 4558.99 m = 14957.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.27 mb = 4526.19 m = 14849.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.23 mb = 467.71 m = 1534.46 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2696.76 m = 8847.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.61 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4847.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.07 mb = 1127.95 m = 3700.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 454.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 453.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 228.95 m/s