MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 162 SFC 972 405 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.9 167 8 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.4 13.26 2 950 605 19.4 16.7 84 2.7 17.5 172 12 296.8 299.1 292.6 333.4 12.65 3 900 1068 15.8 15.3 97 0.6 15.5 187 14 297.8 300.0 292.6 333.3 12.22 4 850 1554 14.7 13.7 94 1.0 14.0 221 15 301.5 303.7 293.3 335.8 11.64 5 800 2067 13.6 11.7 88 1.9 12.4 251 16 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.2 10.85 6 750 2610 10.7 9.4 92 1.3 9.9 277 18 308.2 310.1 293.9 338.4 9.95 7 700 3184 8.1 6.2 88 1.9 7.0 293 21 311.5 313.1 293.8 337.8 8.54 8 650 3793 4.4 3.6 94 0.8 3.9 286 26 313.9 315.4 293.8 337.8 7.64 9 600 4441 0.7 0.3 97 0.4 0.5 281 32 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.6 6.53 10 550 5136 -3.5 -4.3 94 0.8 -3.9 277 39 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.2 5.04 11 500 5884 -7.6 -8.3 95 0.7 -7.9 277 39 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.4 4.10 12 450 6698 -12.0 -12.6 95 0.6 -12.2 282 34 328.1 328.8 294.1 339.1 3.23 13 400 7591 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.6 -17.5 295 33 332.9 333.3 294.5 340.6 2.20 14 350 8579 -24.2 -24.9 94 0.7 -24.4 296 31 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.4 1.45 15 300 9684 -32.8 -35.4 78 2.6 -33.2 294 31 339.1 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.63 16 250 10936 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 292 40 340.7 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12404 -52.4 -63.7 25 11.3 -52.7 303 58 349.7 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14215 -63.8 -77.8 13 14.0 -63.9 304 53 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16662 -68.3 -83.2 10 14.9 -68.4 323 27 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.40 m Freezing level: 591.70 mb = 4556.65 m = 14949.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4515.63 m = 14814.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.49 mb = 884.64 m = 2902.34 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1584.99 m = 5200.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 33.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4753.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.40 mb = 1083.29 m = 3554.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.9 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 301.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 110.55 m/s