MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 147 SFC 970 405 19.6 18.7 94 0.9 19.0 133 13 295.3 297.8 293.3 335.8 14.12 2 950 589 19.2 17.8 92 1.3 18.3 135 24 296.6 299.1 293.3 336.1 13.66 3 900 1056 19.3 15.9 80 3.5 17.0 168 25 301.4 303.7 294.0 338.8 12.69 4 850 1547 17.6 14.4 81 3.3 15.4 205 27 304.6 306.9 294.6 341.0 12.19 5 800 2065 15.9 11.5 76 4.3 13.1 234 28 308.0 310.1 294.5 340.6 10.75 6 750 2612 12.9 9.0 77 3.8 10.4 267 24 310.6 312.4 294.4 340.3 9.69 7 700 3189 8.6 6.5 87 2.1 7.3 280 22 312.0 313.7 294.0 338.9 8.71 8 650 3798 4.5 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 274 20 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.3 7.45 9 600 4446 0.4 -0.6 93 1.0 -0.2 266 22 316.6 317.8 293.3 336.0 6.11 10 550 5141 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.7 -3.5 285 24 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.4 5.25 11 500 5891 -6.8 -8.1 91 1.3 -7.4 296 27 324.7 325.6 294.0 338.6 4.17 12 450 6707 -11.7 -12.5 94 0.8 -12.0 305 28 328.6 329.2 294.3 339.7 3.26 13 400 7599 -17.6 -17.8 98 0.2 -17.7 304 32 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.3 2.36 14 350 8585 -24.7 -25.5 93 0.8 -24.9 296 35 335.5 335.8 294.4 340.5 1.38 15 300 9688 -33.1 -33.3 98 0.2 -33.1 298 40 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.6 0.77 16 250 10940 -43.8 -43.8 100 -0.0 -43.8 289 42 340.9 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.31 17 200 12409 -53.1 -57.9 56 4.8 -53.2 299 76 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14223 -62.5 -78.4 10 15.9 -62.6 316 55 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16688 -67.6 -83.1 9 15.5 -67.7 316 25 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.94 m Freezing level: 594.00 mb = 4529.57 m = 14860.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.99 mb = 4419.55 m = 14499.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.77 mb = 518.51 m = 1701.13 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.01 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2428.77 m = 7968.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 241.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.70 mb = 1183.76 m = 3883.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.70 mb = 4423.46 m = 14512.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 571.70 mb = 4831.86 m = 15852.38 ft B at Equ Level: 28.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 481.70 mb = 6179.56 m = 20273.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 433.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 203.94 m/s