MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 188 SFC 975 405 15.5 6.6 55 8.9 10.6 152 5 290.8 291.9 284.8 308.7 6.26 2 950 624 17.3 5.8 47 11.5 10.9 168 12 294.8 295.9 286.2 312.5 6.09 3 900 1086 16.5 6.1 50 10.4 10.6 183 14 298.5 299.7 288.1 317.9 6.56 4 850 1570 14.0 5.3 56 8.7 9.0 195 14 300.8 302.0 288.8 320.4 6.56 5 800 2080 11.9 4.0 58 7.9 7.5 209 13 303.9 305.1 289.7 323.1 6.38 6 750 2619 9.4 6.4 81 3.0 7.6 234 13 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.2 8.06 7 700 3190 7.1 5.3 88 1.8 6.1 265 14 310.3 311.8 293.0 335.0 8.01 8 650 3797 4.5 0.4 74 4.1 2.2 278 16 314.1 315.2 292.6 333.1 6.05 9 600 4445 0.4 -1.0 91 1.3 -0.3 285 20 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.5 5.95 10 550 5139 -3.8 -5.4 89 1.6 -4.6 288 23 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.7 4.66 11 500 5886 -8.3 -10.6 83 2.4 -9.2 281 24 323.0 323.6 292.9 334.3 3.40 12 450 6697 -12.7 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.1 281 26 327.3 327.8 293.6 337.3 2.95 13 400 7589 -17.5 -18.1 95 0.6 -17.7 294 32 332.3 332.7 294.4 340.3 2.30 14 350 8576 -24.3 -24.6 97 0.3 -24.4 294 37 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.4 1.49 15 300 9680 -33.2 -34.3 90 1.1 -33.3 300 41 338.6 338.8 294.6 341.3 0.70 16 250 10931 -44.2 -44.5 98 0.2 -44.3 293 48 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.4 0.29 17 200 12387 -54.3 -59.5 52 5.2 -54.4 310 63 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14202 -61.5 -77.6 10 16.1 -61.6 299 45 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16656 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 322 27 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.95 m Freezing level: 595.49 mb = 4508.10 m = 14790.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.43 mb = 4359.12 m = 14301.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1547.69 m = 5077.67 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 591.80 mb = 4555.21 m = 14944.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.58 C = 106.84 F Cap Strength: 10.20 C Lifted Index: 11.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.85 C Showalter Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 13.52 C K Index: 25.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10871.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.27 mb = 2203.22 m = 7228.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 54.63 m/s