MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 166 SFC 973 405 18.6 17.5 93 1.2 17.9 143 10 294.1 296.5 292.1 331.4 13.03 2 950 606 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.6 148 14 294.1 296.4 291.7 330.1 12.59 3 900 1067 15.5 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 192 16 297.4 299.7 292.5 333.0 12.26 4 850 1552 14.3 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 225 17 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.4 11.97 5 800 2065 13.3 11.8 91 1.5 12.3 249 17 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.92 6 750 2607 10.8 10.1 96 0.6 10.4 268 19 308.2 310.2 294.3 339.9 10.44 7 700 3182 8.5 6.6 88 1.8 7.3 277 22 311.8 313.5 294.1 339.0 8.79 8 650 3792 4.9 2.8 86 2.1 3.7 276 29 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.2 7.24 9 600 4441 0.6 0.1 97 0.5 0.3 277 34 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.2 6.43 10 550 5136 -3.2 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.4 286 33 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.4 5.31 11 500 5885 -7.0 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 287 30 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.0 4.37 12 450 6701 -11.6 -12.0 97 0.4 -11.8 282 31 328.6 329.3 294.4 340.1 3.39 13 400 7594 -17.4 -17.4 100 0.0 -17.4 283 31 332.4 332.9 294.6 341.0 2.44 14 350 8581 -24.2 -24.3 99 0.1 -24.2 287 30 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.7 1.53 15 300 9685 -33.0 -33.0 100 -0.0 -33.0 286 31 338.9 339.0 294.8 341.9 0.79 16 250 10937 -44.2 -44.4 98 0.2 -44.2 285 38 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.5 0.29 17 200 12405 -52.4 -63.0 27 10.6 -52.7 303 57 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14216 -63.5 -78.2 12 14.7 -63.6 303 51 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16662 -68.8 -82.9 11 14.1 -68.9 322 31 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.98 m Freezing level: 592.68 mb = 4542.51 m = 14903.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4496.49 m = 14752.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.24 mb = 549.94 m = 1804.23 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.77 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.06 mb = 934.51 m = 3065.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.98 C = 69.76 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5327.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.26 mb = 895.44 m = 2937.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 137.23 m/s