MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 150 SFC 971 405 18.3 17.9 97 0.4 18.0 131 10 293.9 296.3 292.3 332.1 13.39 2 950 590 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 136 20 294.6 297.0 292.3 332.1 13.08 3 900 1055 18.4 16.2 87 2.2 16.9 168 24 300.4 302.8 293.9 338.4 12.94 4 850 1546 17.9 14.5 81 3.4 15.6 211 25 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.7 12.32 5 800 2064 16.5 11.8 74 4.7 13.4 245 25 308.8 310.8 294.8 342.0 10.95 6 750 2612 12.7 9.1 79 3.5 10.4 277 19 310.3 312.2 294.3 340.1 9.73 7 700 3188 8.5 6.5 87 2.0 7.3 286 18 311.9 313.6 294.0 338.9 8.74 8 650 3797 4.6 3.8 95 0.8 4.1 279 17 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.3 7.75 9 600 4446 0.9 0.6 98 0.2 0.7 270 20 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.4 6.70 10 550 5142 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 271 25 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.55 11 500 5892 -6.9 -7.2 98 0.3 -7.1 278 28 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.3 4.46 12 450 6708 -11.7 -12.0 98 0.2 -11.8 291 28 328.5 329.1 294.3 340.0 3.40 13 400 7600 -17.4 -17.5 99 0.1 -17.4 303 33 332.4 332.9 294.5 340.8 2.42 14 350 8587 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 306 38 336.3 336.6 294.8 341.9 1.56 15 300 9693 -32.6 -32.6 100 -0.0 -32.6 303 40 339.5 339.6 295.0 342.6 0.83 16 250 10948 -43.4 -43.4 100 -0.0 -43.4 290 41 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.33 17 200 12414 -53.2 -60.2 42 7.0 -53.4 296 76 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.06 18 150 14222 -63.2 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 317 59 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16685 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.1 323 25 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.03 m Freezing level: 588.14 mb = 4611.16 m = 15128.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.21 mb = 4577.63 m = 15018.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.95 mb = 456.16 m = 1496.56 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.40 mb = 2472.50 m = 8111.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5024.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.94 mb = 1045.56 m = 3430.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 363.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 160.13 m/s