MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 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 156 SFC 971 405 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.3 129 10 294.4 296.8 292.6 333.1 13.55 2 950 596 17.2 17.2 100 -0.0 17.2 135 17 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.2 13.12 3 900 1059 17.7 16.1 90 1.6 16.6 183 16 299.7 302.1 293.7 337.4 12.88 4 850 1548 16.5 14.6 89 1.9 15.3 226 20 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.3 12.42 5 800 2064 13.4 13.1 98 0.2 13.2 246 25 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.2 11.96 6 750 2607 12.4 8.6 78 3.7 10.0 268 23 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.8 9.42 7 700 3184 9.3 5.6 77 3.7 7.1 279 22 312.8 314.4 293.9 338.1 8.16 8 650 3795 5.1 2.9 85 2.3 3.8 284 27 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.5 7.26 9 600 4444 0.7 0.2 96 0.5 0.4 286 29 316.9 318.1 293.7 337.4 6.47 10 550 5139 -3.3 -3.9 96 0.6 -3.6 286 28 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.1 5.23 11 500 5888 -7.3 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.7 293 29 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.8 4.14 12 450 6703 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.8 -12.1 296 30 328.5 329.2 294.2 339.5 3.25 13 400 7596 -17.4 -17.8 96 0.5 -17.5 300 34 332.4 332.9 294.5 340.7 2.36 14 350 8583 -24.3 -24.9 96 0.5 -24.5 294 34 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.2 1.45 15 300 9687 -33.3 -34.3 90 1.0 -33.4 289 36 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.70 16 250 10937 -44.0 -45.2 88 1.2 -44.1 292 40 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.7 0.27 17 200 12409 -52.0 -68.3 12 16.3 -52.3 303 64 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14223 -63.4 -77.0 14 13.6 -63.5 307 52 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.5 -83.0 11 14.5 -68.6 324 28 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.45 m Freezing level: 591.67 mb = 4559.99 m = 14960.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4507.45 m = 14788.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.41 mb = 493.41 m = 1618.78 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1822.26 m = 5978.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4490.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.25 mb = 990.28 m = 3248.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 302.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 172.37 m/s