MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-97.34 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 976 405 16.2 6.4 52 9.7 10.8 125 6 291.3 292.4 284.9 309.1 6.19 2 950 635 19.0 4.9 39 14.1 11.2 129 12 296.5 297.5 286.5 313.3 5.73 3 900 1097 17.0 2.1 37 14.9 9.1 145 11 299.1 300.0 286.7 313.8 4.95 4 850 1582 14.3 0.4 39 13.9 7.1 167 7 301.1 301.9 287.1 315.0 4.62 5 800 2091 12.4 -7.7 24 20.0 3.5 143 6 304.3 304.8 286.3 312.7 2.68 6 750 2629 9.6 -4.5 37 14.1 2.9 177 5 307.0 307.7 288.2 318.3 3.64 7 700 3199 7.2 -2.5 50 9.7 2.3 247 10 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.7 4.55 8 650 3806 4.3 -3.9 55 8.2 0.3 271 13 313.8 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.41 9 600 4453 0.4 -7.3 56 7.7 -3.1 294 15 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.4 3.67 10 550 5147 -2.3 -17.3 31 15.0 -7.7 290 17 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.79 11 500 5898 -6.4 -22.2 28 15.7 -11.4 302 20 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.29 12 450 6713 -11.7 -19.4 53 7.7 -14.3 310 24 328.5 328.8 293.0 334.8 1.82 13 400 7605 -17.6 -21.6 70 4.1 -18.8 304 35 332.2 332.5 293.9 338.2 1.70 14 350 8590 -25.0 -26.5 87 1.6 -25.3 302 35 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.6 1.25 15 300 9692 -33.3 -35.6 80 2.3 -33.7 315 43 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.7 0.61 16 250 10945 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 303 51 341.4 341.5 295.0 342.7 0.33 17 200 12405 -55.4 -55.5 99 0.1 -55.4 304 63 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14211 -62.6 -77.0 13 14.3 -62.8 319 45 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16665 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 324 28 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.30 m Freezing level: 592.88 mb = 4551.79 m = 14933.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.26 mb = 3852.56 m = 12639.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.41 mb = 1647.37 m = 5404.69 ft T: 14.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.31 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.73 mb = 5472.86 m = 17955.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.65 C = 117.77 F Cap Strength: 12.78 C Lifted Index: 13.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.81 C Showalter Index: 12.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.71 C Cross Totals Index: 6.82 C K Index: 11.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12280.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.75 mb = 2620.76 m = 8598.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -11.4 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 61.47 m/s