MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 195 SFC 976 405 16.8 11.7 72 5.1 13.7 179 6 292.0 293.6 287.9 317.3 8.87 2 950 631 15.4 11.5 77 4.0 13.0 181 11 292.9 294.5 288.3 318.5 8.99 3 900 1091 14.8 12.0 84 2.8 13.0 184 15 296.7 298.5 290.3 325.2 9.84 4 850 1574 13.0 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 197 14 299.7 301.5 291.2 328.3 9.74 5 800 2083 11.5 10.9 96 0.6 11.2 228 13 303.4 305.3 292.8 334.0 10.28 6 750 2623 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.8 258 15 307.2 309.1 293.8 338.0 10.18 7 700 3195 7.3 7.1 99 0.2 7.2 274 19 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.5 9.11 8 650 3803 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 279 21 313.5 314.9 293.7 337.4 7.68 9 600 4450 -0.1 -0.2 99 0.2 -0.2 280 19 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.9 6.28 10 550 5143 -3.4 -3.7 98 0.3 -3.6 275 23 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.2 5.29 11 500 5892 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.5 -7.4 273 30 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.6 4.31 12 450 6707 -11.8 -12.2 97 0.4 -12.0 288 32 328.4 329.1 294.3 339.7 3.33 13 400 7600 -17.4 -17.5 99 0.1 -17.4 295 31 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.8 2.42 14 350 8587 -24.4 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.4 283 33 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.3 1.51 15 300 9690 -33.2 -33.3 99 0.1 -33.2 280 38 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.5 0.77 16 250 10942 -44.4 -44.4 100 -0.0 -44.3 286 44 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.30 17 200 12401 -52.9 -65.6 20 12.7 -53.2 306 62 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14216 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.1 306 45 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16664 -68.7 -83.2 10 14.6 -68.7 322 26 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.60 m Freezing level: 600.94 mb = 4437.64 m = 14559.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.99 mb = 4423.10 m = 14511.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.77 mb = 1055.24 m = 3462.05 ft T: 14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3089.24 m = 10135.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: 8.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.06 C Showalter Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 30.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8608.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.03 mb = 1299.50 m = 4263.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 54.93 m/s