MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 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 152 SFC 971 406 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 116 8 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.1 14.18 2 950 596 20.5 17.6 83 3.0 18.5 128 15 298.0 300.5 293.6 336.9 13.41 3 900 1063 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.6 170 15 300.0 302.4 293.6 337.2 12.70 4 850 1552 16.1 14.4 89 1.7 15.0 219 17 303.0 305.3 294.1 339.2 12.20 5 800 2066 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 242 20 304.9 307.1 294.2 339.5 11.57 6 750 2609 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 261 19 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.3 9.48 7 700 3184 9.1 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 272 21 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.1 8.26 8 650 3795 5.3 2.4 82 2.9 3.7 277 25 315.0 316.3 293.6 337.1 7.04 9 600 4445 0.4 -0.7 92 1.2 -0.2 282 32 316.6 317.8 293.3 335.8 6.05 10 550 5138 -3.8 -4.2 97 0.4 -4.0 288 34 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.2 5.12 11 500 5886 -7.4 -8.6 92 1.1 -7.9 289 30 324.0 324.8 293.6 337.3 4.01 12 450 6700 -11.8 -12.6 94 0.8 -12.2 291 29 328.4 329.0 294.1 339.3 3.22 13 400 7593 -17.5 -17.7 98 0.3 -17.6 297 35 332.3 332.8 294.4 340.6 2.38 14 350 8580 -24.3 -24.9 95 0.5 -24.5 292 34 336.0 336.3 294.6 341.2 1.45 15 300 9683 -33.2 -33.2 100 -0.0 -33.2 290 35 338.5 338.7 294.7 341.5 0.78 16 250 10935 -43.9 -44.3 96 0.4 -44.0 289 41 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.30 17 200 12408 -52.1 -67.6 14 15.5 -52.4 302 63 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14222 -63.3 -77.2 14 13.9 -63.4 307 51 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16675 -68.0 -83.2 10 15.2 -68.1 321 27 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.62 m Freezing level: 595.06 mb = 4513.24 m = 14807.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.73 mb = 4407.85 m = 14461.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.70 mb = 745.49 m = 2445.82 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.69 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1713.01 m = 5620.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.58 mb = 1181.43 m = 3876.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.58 mb = 4543.81 m = 14907.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.58 mb = 5539.18 m = 18172.94 ft B at Equ Level: 20.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 462.58 mb = 6487.26 m = 21283.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 300.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 163.14 m/s