MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 183 SFC 974 405 16.6 15.6 94 0.9 16.0 134 7 291.9 293.9 290.1 324.5 11.51 2 950 620 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 146 12 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.2 11.21 3 900 1079 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.9 183 15 296.9 299.0 292.0 331.2 11.88 4 850 1563 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 222 15 300.7 302.8 293.1 335.2 11.76 5 800 2075 12.5 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 256 19 304.4 306.6 293.9 338.5 11.41 6 750 2616 10.2 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 279 21 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.1 10.40 7 700 3189 7.2 6.4 94 0.8 6.8 285 20 310.5 312.1 293.6 337.1 8.65 8 650 3797 4.2 3.3 94 0.9 3.7 284 26 313.7 315.1 293.6 337.0 7.47 9 600 4445 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 286 31 316.7 318.0 293.6 337.2 6.47 10 550 5140 -2.8 -3.2 97 0.3 -3.0 288 32 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.6 5.52 11 500 5891 -6.9 -7.5 96 0.6 -7.2 288 30 324.6 325.4 294.1 339.0 4.36 12 450 6706 -11.8 -12.5 94 0.7 -12.1 290 29 328.4 329.1 294.2 339.5 3.25 13 400 7598 -17.2 -17.3 99 0.2 -17.2 286 29 332.7 333.2 294.6 341.2 2.45 14 350 8586 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.1 -24.1 281 31 336.3 336.6 294.8 341.9 1.55 15 300 9691 -33.0 -33.1 99 0.1 -33.0 279 35 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.8 0.78 16 250 10943 -44.1 -44.2 99 0.1 -44.1 290 37 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.30 17 200 12406 -52.6 -65.3 20 12.7 -52.8 304 57 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14217 -63.5 -78.0 12 14.5 -63.6 304 50 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16666 -68.0 -83.2 10 15.2 -68.1 322 27 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.78 m Freezing level: 592.37 mb = 4550.84 m = 14930.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.23 mb = 4508.49 m = 14791.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.87 mb = 522.96 m = 1715.74 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 2.10 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.40 mb = 553.71 m = 1816.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.88 C = 62.39 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7282.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.47 mb = 887.97 m = 2913.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 129.74 m/s