MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 145 SFC 970 405 20.1 17.8 87 2.3 18.6 143 12 295.8 298.2 292.9 334.2 13.34 2 950 587 18.2 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 144 18 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.4 12.78 3 900 1049 15.7 14.3 91 1.4 14.8 141 22 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.1 11.48 4 850 1534 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 136 10 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.5 12.23 5 800 2048 13.5 13.0 97 0.5 13.1 63 7 305.5 307.7 294.6 340.9 11.82 6 750 2591 12.1 9.6 85 2.5 10.5 39 3 309.7 311.6 294.4 340.4 10.06 7 700 3168 9.4 6.2 80 3.2 7.5 291 10 312.9 314.6 294.2 339.4 8.54 8 650 3780 5.9 1.3 72 4.6 3.4 290 16 315.7 316.9 293.4 336.2 6.49 9 600 4432 2.1 -3.2 68 5.3 -0.6 297 23 318.6 319.5 293.0 334.8 5.04 10 550 5129 -2.4 -7.6 68 5.2 -4.8 298 25 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.1 3.93 11 500 5879 -6.8 -12.3 65 5.4 -9.1 296 24 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.7 2.98 12 450 6694 -11.6 -17.6 61 6.1 -13.7 301 27 328.7 329.1 293.3 336.1 2.12 13 400 7586 -18.0 -22.4 68 4.5 -19.3 288 30 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.2 1.58 14 350 8572 -24.3 -51.7 6 27.3 -27.2 305 34 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.09 15 300 9674 -33.7 -48.0 22 14.3 -35.0 295 47 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.17 16 250 10922 -44.0 -58.3 19 14.3 -44.6 308 52 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.06 17 200 12396 -51.2 -69.6 10 18.3 -51.6 304 68 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14216 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.6 -62.3 307 52 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16668 -68.0 -82.9 10 14.8 -68.1 331 27 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.13 m Freezing level: 576.64 mb = 4757.31 m = 15607.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.84 mb = 4325.99 m = 14192.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.94 mb = 695.76 m = 2282.64 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2097.02 m = 6879.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6158.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.12 mb = 1037.91 m = 3405.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -66.3 tot: -41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 146.21 m/s