MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 132 SFC 969 405 18.2 17.2 94 0.9 17.5 139 12 294.0 296.3 291.9 330.7 12.88 2 950 572 17.2 16.5 96 0.7 16.7 141 22 294.6 296.9 291.8 330.4 12.51 3 900 1034 17.0 14.4 85 2.5 15.3 181 29 299.0 301.1 292.4 332.7 11.56 4 850 1523 17.1 14.1 82 3.0 15.1 221 29 304.0 306.3 294.3 339.7 11.97 5 800 2041 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.4 248 36 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.0 11.23 6 750 2587 12.9 9.6 80 3.3 10.8 264 36 310.6 312.5 294.7 341.5 10.07 7 700 3165 9.7 6.5 81 3.2 7.8 278 33 313.2 314.8 294.4 340.2 8.70 8 650 3777 5.5 3.2 85 2.3 4.2 286 29 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.6 7.43 9 600 4428 1.5 -1.1 83 2.6 0.1 291 25 317.9 319.0 293.5 336.7 5.89 10 550 5124 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.6 -3.7 280 26 320.6 321.6 293.5 336.8 4.98 11 500 5874 -7.2 -8.6 90 1.4 -7.8 277 32 324.2 325.0 293.7 337.5 4.00 12 450 6688 -11.8 -12.8 92 1.1 -12.2 285 32 328.5 329.1 294.1 339.2 3.17 13 400 7582 -17.0 -17.6 95 0.6 -17.2 292 31 332.9 333.4 294.6 341.3 2.40 14 350 8570 -23.9 -24.4 96 0.4 -24.0 293 31 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.0 1.52 15 300 9676 -32.5 -33.6 89 1.1 -32.7 274 26 339.6 339.7 294.9 342.4 0.74 16 250 10934 -43.0 -45.3 78 2.3 -43.2 298 14 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.27 17 200 12401 -52.1 -68.1 13 16.1 -52.4 310 67 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14215 -62.7 -78.0 11 15.3 -62.9 312 57 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16658 -69.1 -82.7 12 13.7 -69.2 309 30 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.40 m Freezing level: 582.67 mb = 4669.02 m = 15318.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.20 mb = 4451.78 m = 14605.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.01 mb = 517.81 m = 1698.82 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.18 mb = 2765.84 m = 9074.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.45 C = 95.81 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6012.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.14 mb = 1099.34 m = 3606.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 597.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 597.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 242.42 m/s