MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 149 SFC 971 405 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 127 10 293.6 295.9 291.9 330.6 13.01 2 950 589 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 131 20 294.2 296.5 291.9 330.5 12.69 3 900 1053 17.8 16.6 93 1.2 17.0 151 24 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.7 13.30 4 850 1542 16.0 15.3 96 0.7 15.5 179 22 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.3 12.96 5 800 2058 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 219 25 307.1 309.3 294.9 342.5 11.75 6 750 2603 12.1 10.1 87 2.0 10.9 245 32 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.5 10.42 7 700 3179 8.7 7.6 93 1.1 8.0 263 36 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.0 9.38 8 650 3789 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 276 38 314.3 315.8 294.2 339.5 8.07 9 600 4438 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.7 276 34 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.2 6.59 10 550 5133 -2.7 -3.2 96 0.5 -3.0 276 28 320.9 321.9 294.0 338.6 5.49 11 500 5884 -6.7 -7.5 95 0.7 -7.1 284 26 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.3 4.37 12 450 6700 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.8 293 27 329.1 329.8 294.4 340.2 3.25 13 400 7595 -16.4 -18.6 83 2.2 -17.1 300 30 333.7 334.1 294.7 341.4 2.20 14 350 8585 -23.2 -24.5 89 1.3 -23.5 307 23 337.5 337.8 295.0 343.0 1.51 15 300 9694 -31.9 -33.5 86 1.5 -32.2 317 23 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.2 0.76 16 250 10952 -42.9 -44.1 88 1.2 -43.0 306 26 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.5 0.30 17 200 12420 -52.8 -57.1 60 4.2 -52.9 315 51 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14233 -63.4 -76.9 14 13.5 -63.5 310 52 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16677 -69.3 -82.7 13 13.4 -69.4 317 32 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.31 m Freezing level: 586.37 mb = 4627.36 m = 15181.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4560.49 m = 14962.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.47 mb = 468.24 m = 1536.19 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.38 mb = 513.59 m = 1684.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.32 C = 64.98 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 2.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5272.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.02 mb = 957.65 m = 3141.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 482.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 230.54 m/s