MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 190 SFC 975 405 15.7 6.4 54 9.3 10.6 138 6 290.9 292.0 284.8 308.6 6.19 2 950 627 17.8 5.1 43 12.7 10.8 152 14 295.3 296.3 286.1 312.2 5.81 3 900 1088 16.5 3.6 42 12.9 9.5 167 14 298.5 299.5 287.1 314.9 5.52 4 850 1573 14.1 2.1 44 12.0 7.7 181 10 300.9 301.9 287.6 316.6 5.22 5 800 2082 12.6 -6.0 27 18.6 4.1 188 9 304.6 305.2 286.8 314.1 3.05 6 750 2621 10.0 -3.0 40 13.0 3.5 220 10 307.4 308.1 288.8 320.0 4.08 7 700 3192 7.4 1.5 66 5.9 4.1 254 14 310.6 311.8 291.6 329.5 6.08 8 650 3799 4.5 0.0 73 4.5 2.1 270 16 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.7 5.92 9 600 4446 -0.4 -1.0 96 0.6 -0.7 280 18 315.7 316.8 292.9 334.5 5.95 10 550 5139 -3.2 -9.1 64 5.9 -5.8 292 22 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.50 11 500 5888 -7.2 -17.5 44 10.3 -10.8 291 20 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.8 1.93 12 450 6702 -12.0 -18.0 61 6.1 -14.0 303 24 328.2 328.6 293.2 335.3 2.06 13 400 7594 -17.4 -19.3 85 1.9 -18.0 298 35 332.4 332.9 294.3 339.8 2.08 14 350 8581 -24.4 -25.0 94 0.7 -24.5 302 36 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.1 1.43 15 300 9684 -33.4 -34.3 92 0.9 -33.5 295 38 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.0 0.70 16 250 10935 -44.0 -44.4 96 0.4 -44.0 303 49 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.30 17 200 12391 -55.8 -56.2 95 0.4 -55.8 303 59 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.8 0.09 18 150 14197 -62.2 -77.3 12 15.1 -62.3 307 43 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16651 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 322 29 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.91 m Freezing level: 603.66 mb = 4399.06 m = 14432.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.15 mb = 4284.38 m = 14056.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.55 mb = 1586.84 m = 5206.10 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 2.46 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 562.11 mb = 4965.92 m = 16292.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.70 C = 110.66 F Cap Strength: 11.80 C Lifted Index: 13.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.91 C Showalter Index: 11.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 9.29 C K Index: 17.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 65.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11442.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.57 mb = 2427.52 m = 7964.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 66.91 m/s