MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 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 152 SFC 971 405 20.3 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 126 7 296.0 298.4 293.0 334.9 13.54 2 950 594 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 126 9 295.5 297.8 292.5 333.0 13.08 3 900 1055 15.5 15.4 100 0.1 15.5 125 8 297.5 299.7 292.6 333.3 12.35 4 850 1541 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 100 9 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.6 12.20 5 800 2054 13.3 10.7 85 2.5 11.7 90 9 305.3 307.2 293.3 335.8 10.17 6 750 2597 11.4 7.7 78 3.7 9.2 79 6 309.0 310.6 293.3 336.0 8.86 7 700 3173 9.5 4.7 72 4.8 6.7 312 6 313.0 314.5 293.6 336.9 7.68 8 650 3785 6.1 1.8 74 4.3 3.7 307 12 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.1 6.73 9 600 4437 2.0 -2.4 73 4.4 -0.3 306 16 318.4 319.5 293.2 335.7 5.36 10 550 5134 -2.4 -7.3 69 4.9 -4.7 305 20 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.4 4.02 11 500 5884 -7.3 -11.8 70 4.5 -9.1 299 25 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.5 3.10 12 450 6697 -12.1 -19.6 54 7.5 -14.5 300 27 328.1 328.4 292.9 334.4 1.80 13 400 7587 -18.3 -26.8 47 8.5 -20.4 295 31 331.2 331.4 293.1 335.1 1.06 14 350 8571 -24.5 -47.3 10 22.8 -27.2 304 36 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 15 300 9673 -33.3 -43.4 36 10.1 -34.4 302 52 338.4 338.4 294.2 339.5 0.27 16 250 10925 -43.8 -44.9 89 1.1 -43.9 310 57 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.1 0.28 17 200 12396 -51.2 -69.3 10 18.0 -51.6 302 73 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14214 -63.0 -76.5 14 13.6 -63.1 302 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16667 -68.5 -82.8 11 14.3 -68.6 331 26 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.74 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4754.88 m = 15599.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.43 mb = 4390.30 m = 14403.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.22 mb = 691.04 m = 2267.18 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 946.64 m = 3105.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.15 mb = 940.78 m = 3086.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.15 mb = 987.71 m = 3240.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 897.15 mb = 1082.26 m = 3550.67 ft B at Equ Level: 16.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 837.15 mb = 1670.37 m = 5480.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 341.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -28.2 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 62.30 m/s