MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 144 SFC 970 405 19.2 18.4 95 0.9 18.7 137 11 294.9 297.4 292.9 334.5 13.82 2 950 585 18.3 17.7 97 0.6 17.9 140 21 295.7 298.2 293.0 334.7 13.54 3 900 1050 18.4 15.7 85 2.6 16.6 168 31 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.4 12.59 4 850 1540 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.1 197 30 303.9 306.1 294.2 339.5 11.97 5 800 2057 15.3 12.2 82 3.1 13.3 231 32 307.5 309.6 294.7 341.5 11.26 6 750 2604 13.0 9.1 77 3.9 10.5 257 36 310.7 312.5 294.4 340.5 9.72 7 700 3180 8.7 6.6 86 2.1 7.4 274 34 312.1 313.8 294.1 339.1 8.75 8 650 3790 4.8 3.9 94 0.9 4.2 289 29 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.8 7.82 9 600 4439 0.9 0.2 95 0.6 0.5 284 22 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.7 6.49 10 550 5135 -2.8 -3.8 92 1.0 -3.3 292 24 320.8 321.8 293.8 337.8 5.26 11 500 5886 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.1 -7.5 295 24 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.3 3.97 12 450 6702 -11.4 -14.1 80 2.7 -12.5 301 27 328.9 329.5 294.0 338.7 2.86 13 400 7596 -17.3 -18.7 89 1.4 -17.7 301 30 332.5 333.0 294.4 340.2 2.18 14 350 8583 -24.3 -24.6 97 0.3 -24.4 295 24 336.1 336.4 294.7 341.4 1.49 15 300 9687 -33.0 -33.4 96 0.4 -33.1 304 27 338.8 339.0 294.7 341.7 0.76 16 250 10939 -43.9 -44.6 92 0.8 -43.9 300 34 340.9 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.29 17 200 12406 -52.8 -58.4 50 5.7 -52.9 307 61 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14225 -62.5 -78.6 10 16.1 -62.6 314 57 362.4 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16682 -69.5 -82.6 13 13.1 -69.6 310 26 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.94 m Freezing level: 588.09 mb = 4604.98 m = 15108.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.49 mb = 4526.62 m = 14850.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.80 mb = 514.87 m = 1689.18 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2446.37 m = 8026.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.09 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4433.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.35 mb = 1094.34 m = 3590.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 625.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 219.95 m/s