MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 974 405 19.9 15.0 74 4.9 16.7 172 8 295.2 297.2 290.9 327.0 11.06 2 950 620 17.7 13.9 79 3.8 15.3 171 12 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.55 3 900 1081 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.3 180 15 297.2 299.2 291.5 329.1 11.00 4 850 1566 13.9 12.7 92 1.3 13.1 210 14 300.8 302.8 292.5 332.8 10.90 5 800 2077 12.3 11.5 95 0.8 11.8 245 14 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.3 10.74 6 750 2617 10.0 9.9 99 0.1 9.9 269 15 307.4 309.4 293.9 338.4 10.24 7 700 3190 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 280 19 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.3 9.01 8 650 3798 4.0 3.6 97 0.4 3.8 283 20 313.5 314.9 293.7 337.4 7.66 9 600 4446 0.6 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.1 282 23 316.8 318.0 293.3 336.0 6.04 10 550 5140 -3.4 -4.6 91 1.2 -4.0 280 29 320.0 321.0 293.3 336.0 4.93 11 500 5889 -7.4 -8.1 95 0.7 -7.7 282 30 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.8 4.16 12 450 6702 -12.4 -12.9 96 0.5 -12.6 279 33 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.4 3.16 13 400 7594 -17.7 -17.9 98 0.2 -17.7 281 34 332.0 332.5 294.4 340.2 2.34 14 350 8580 -24.4 -24.5 99 0.1 -24.4 292 39 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.3 1.50 15 300 9686 -32.6 -35.4 76 2.8 -33.0 297 37 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.63 16 250 10939 -43.9 -44.5 94 0.6 -44.0 289 38 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.29 17 200 12403 -52.7 -65.4 20 12.7 -53.0 305 58 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14215 -63.4 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.6 307 51 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16665 -67.7 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.8 322 25 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.43 m Freezing level: 592.39 mb = 4551.34 m = 14932.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.26 mb = 4428.76 m = 14529.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.58 mb = 1018.94 m = 3342.93 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.43 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2338.64 m = 7672.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6805.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.18 mb = 1212.18 m = 3976.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 78.78 m/s